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09/30/2026

Break open those piggy banks—this weekend is Green Ossining's Fall 2026 Community-Wide Tag Sale! Nearly 60 households are participating throughout Ossining and Briarcliff Manor this Saturday, October 3 (with some holding additional sales Friday and Sunday).

Visit our website at https://www.greenossining.org/tagsale/ to view the interactive map; you can click on each pin to see what participants will have for sale.

Want to hit up as many sales as possible? Since we're all about sustainability, the addresses are organized into the most time-efficient and fuel-saving route! Pick any address to start; then follow each address to the bottom of the list, go back to the top of the list, and follow until you reach the initial address you visited.

Throughout the week, sellers will be featuring items they have for sale in our Facebook group, "Green Ossining Town-Wide Tag Sale (Ossining & Briarcliff Manor)"

Happy shopping!

09/29/2026

EVENT ALERT (Got a Voice? Use it!)

Starbucks! Stop Using So Much Plastic! Join the Nationwide Demonstration Locally to Hold Them Accountable for Their Plastic Pollution and Greenwashing; Saturday, 10/3 at Noon-1pm | Hartsdale

Background:The global coffee chain is a major plastic polluter, and they know it -- that's why they launched a reuse policy. Reusables are supposed to be the default, but most of the time that's not the case. So we're calling them out.

Join us in telling Starbucks to stop greenwashing and start actually implementing their own reuse policy! In fact, a study was done by Beyond Plastics placing airtags in their reuseables at a Starbucks in Queens. It ended up at the Wheelabrator incinerator in Peekskill!

As we make such an effort to do zero-waste at our Earth Day Festival, this effort completely goes hand-in-hand with the wirk that we do.

Where are we Assemblying? Starbucks Hartsdale (46 S. Central Ave, Hartsdale, NY).

How to prepare for 10/3?
1. Make a sign.
2. Sign the Beyond Plastics Petition:https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/starbucks-cups?clear_id=true
3. Invite friends
4. Carpool!!

09/14/2026

UPDATED on Saturday , September 28 to let people know that we are still opening at 11a!

The Green Ossining Repair Cafe Returns on Saturday, September 28th 11a-3pm.

This month's Repair Cafe will be held by hosts Grace Hall just on the edge of town at 7 Old Albany Post Road, and down the road from Saint Augustine. This month, our coaches will have the skills to take on:
*Sewing
*General electrical/mechanical
*Knife Sharpening
*Bicycles
*Tech Support
*Jewelry
*Stringed Instruments
*Watch batteries replaced

Our Repair Coaches are awfully special people. Be sure to thank them for sharing their skills and time with us!

If you, or anyone you know may be interested in volunteering their time at some point to help support the Hudson Valley Repair Cafe's (or just ours!), please stop by and say hello to Carina, Green Ossining Repair Cafe Coordinator. You can also email [email protected].

Many thanks for the support from The Village of Ossining, The Town of Ossining, Melrose Lumber and First Village Coffee!

Repair Cafe - Hudson Valley
The Town of Ossining, New York
The Village of Ossining, New York
First Village Coffee
Melrose Lumber Co.
Briarcliff Sustainability

07/24/2026

GREEN LANDSCAPERS WANTED!

1. Do you work with/employ landscapers that use electric landscaping equipment?

2. Do you work with/employ landscapers that use electric leaf blowers INSTEAD of gas powered leaf blowers?

Since 2019, both the Town (applying to the Town Outside) and the Village have had gas-powered leaf blower regulations in place that limit when and where gas powered leaf blowers can be used. We've shared those laws with you here in both English and Spanish, as a reminder and/or reference.

We are not here to debate the merits of this law- or your feelings that they lack any. (Frankly, you are probably following the wrong page if this ban - in general - bothers you). This post is merely to begin a local list of environmentally-friendly and climate-forward landscapers that give us warm fuzzies (using electric heat instead of gas-powered heat, of course).

So if you know of a landscaper that answers YES to either or both 1. and 2., please share that info here! We'd like to thank them and send MANY MANY people their way who will be comforted by their business practices and values.

Enjoy your wildfire-free, Air Quality Alert-free weekend, and get outdoors!

07/14/2026

Many food service establishments probably do not know that plastic utensil packets, plastic coffee stirrers, and plastic splash guards are banned in Westchester County!

And it is likely that most of these same businesses don't know they are only supposed to give out utensils, condiments, and straws if a customer requests them!

Westchester County's Upon Request Law - passed in 2023 - saves businesses and consumers money by eliminating the purchase and disposal of single-use items many do not use or want. BUT few businesses are aware of this county law. We welcome businesses (particularly food establishments), community members, municipal leaders, and all others to join us for the launch of a community-led initiative to educate and build compliance among businesses and the public.

We will be joined by County Legislator Erika Pierce (District 2), who sponsored the legislation, and Judith Enck of Beyond Plastics

Join our upcoming webinar that will serve as a launch of a collaborative effort to increase awareness across the County about this law: Wednesday July 15th on Zoom from 7:30 to 8:30pm as part of the Zero Waste Task Force co-hosted by Westchester Alliance for Sustainable Solutions , Beyond Plastics-Lower Westchester, Mothers Out Front, Bedford2030, Sustainable Westchester, Climate Reality Project - Westchester Chapter, and Green Ossining.

Find more info visit wasspeekskill.org/UponRequest

To register for the Webinar click here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0sfuGgrzoiH9V_RKA7J-mQgPPqu1k3eG7_ #/registration

Westchester Alliance for Sustainable Solutions- WASS
Mothers Out Front
Climate Reality Westchester NY Chapter
Beyond Plastics
Sustainable Westchester
Bedford 2030

07/02/2026

Greetings all!

I'm sure we didnt need to tell you we are in a heat wave, but here are some reminders of things you can do to keep your home cooler, cut down on your energy usage (which will save you money) and participate in the collective effort to keep the grid from being overburdened and breaking down (and therefore help avoid brown and potential black-outs, among other things).

LOWER ALL THE SHADES IN YOUR HOME begining in the morning - particularly those where the sun shines in - to keep your residence as cool as possible. This will lower your energy use!

You can also get paid for reducing your pull from the grid by signing up for GridRewards (ConEd) or Smart Savings Rewards (NYSEG). It's never too late !

Keep hydrated and be safe!!

https://sustainablewestchester.org/gridrewards/

06/13/2026

EVENTS WHERE YOU CAN SEE US THIS WEEKEND!

SATURDAY
We'll be at the Farmers Market from 9:30-11:30a (the market is open 8:30-1p) on the corner of Spring Street and Main. Look for our booth and come talk to us about Food Scraps recycling and all kinds of other earthly things.

The Ossining Farmers Market is part of the Town of Ossining's food scrap recycling program and we will be there to deliver pre-ordered composting kits and collect food scraps. (Composting kits are not be for sale at the market). For more information on how to pre-purchase a food scrap recycling kit, and on the Ossining Composts program visit: www.ossiningcomposts.org.

SUNDAY
The Green Ossining Repair Cafe returns but this month its on Sunday (usually its on Saturdays), and we are being hosted by friends at The Center at Mariandale. Read the poster to learn what we'll be attempting to fix for you!
Special at this Cafe: The Ossining Volunteer Ambulance corps will be joining us to help teach people how to safely install car seats...AND we are collecting donations of large reuseable grocery bag for the Ossining Food Pantry (minimim size is 15x15x8)

We appreciate your participation in eith/both of these programs as they keep items out of the waste stream.

Many thanks to:
The Town of Ossining, New York
The Village of Ossining, New York
Ossining Food Pantry
Melrose Lumber Co.
First Village Coffee
Kate B. Schlott
Repair Cafe - Hudson Valley
The Center at Mariandale

06/02/2026

The Green Ossining Repair Cafe returns this month at a very special location on Sunday, June 14th: The Center at Mariandale (299 North Highland Avenue).

Please read the flyer for repairs we can help with and also note that are also offering these two special opportunities:
#1. We'll be joined by Ossining Volunteer Ambulance Corps (OVAC), who will be helping teach people how to safely install car seats
#2. We'll be collecting donations of large, reusable grocery bags for the Ossining Food Pantry. Bags should be at least 15x15x8 .

Many thanks to the Repair Cafe Coaches for showing up to make this event possible, Mariandale for hosting us, and for the support we get from First Village Coffee, Melrose Lumber and the Village of Ossining.

The Center at Mariandale
First Village Coffee
Lumber
The Village of Ossining, New York

05/07/2026

Compost Give Back Day is back!

Join us at Cedar Lane Park on Friday, May 8th and Saturday, May 9th. We’ll be handing out compost from 9 am – 12 pm (Friday) and 9a-3pm (Saturday). Your food scraps make this possible. Keep up the good, green work! The event is open to those who participate in our Food Scraps Program sponsored by the Town of Ossining.

All food scraps collected in the Town are now composted locally at Sustainable Materials Management, Inc. in Cortlandt Manor, which turns discarded food scraps into a safe and nutritious soil amendment for gardens, landscaping, and agricultural use. Participants must bring their own bucket (Max 6 gallons).

Not composting yet? Join the composting program by signing up at ossiningcomposts.org

04/28/2026

The Annual returns - in its 15th Year! - this Saturday, May 2nd.
In the annual day of service to the , pick one of 100+ locations to help clean-up. You will be guided by a leader and times of sweep sites will vary ...so do what works for you!

In Ossining, there are two sites: the Riverfront, and then one further in on the Sing Sing Kill (which connects directly with the Hudson River). You can find out more here: https://www.riverkeeper.org/sweep

In 2025 the removed 21 tons of trash from local waterways. Help us make an even bigger impact this year!

Address

16 Croton Avenue
Ossining, NY
10562

Website

http://www.greenossining.org/

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