Get ready for an amazing day packed with environmental goodness right here in our village!

🌿 Start your morning with the Riverkeeper Sweep!
Join us at 10:00 AM at Parkway Oval as we roll up our sleeves and show some love to the Bronx River. It’s a fantastic community event where we’ll clean up the river, connect with neighbors, and have a blast making a difference together.

🌸 Then, the celebration continues!
At 3:00 PM, just a short walk away on Pleasant Avenue (across from Assumption Church), we’ll come together to celebrate the grand opening of our very own Community Gardens — just in time for Mother’s Day planting season! Come be part of this joyful moment, filled with fresh beginnings, flowers, and fun.

Bring your family, friends, and your best gardening spirit — let’s make this a day to remember!

Please help us clean up our river. Join us at the Parkway Oval on 3rd May between 10AM – 2PM.

We will provide you with everything you need including gloves, trash bag and grabbers.

Person who gets the most trash (by weight) gets special prize.

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Join us for a Community Swap:

Clothing, Toys, Books, Shoes and More!

Refresh your closet, discover new favourites and find a perfect holiday gift – all while swapping with your neighbours.

Keep Halloween Green!
Mulch It:
Smash up your pumpkins and spread them in your yard. They will break down and feed your soil.

Compost It:
Toss pumpkins in your food scrap compost bin or drop them in the green food scrap compost bins at DPW, 15 Marbledale Road. All non biodegradable decoration removed. Painted pumpkins are okay.

Yard Waste It:
Place pumpkins curbside to be picked up by DPW on Thursdays and composted as yard waste. All non biodegradable decoration removed. Painted pumpkins are okay.

Why It Matters:
Composting helps the planet by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, restoring soil for carbon capture, improving water retention to prevent flooding (so important in Tuckahoe), and reducing the need for synthetic fertilizers.

Effective September 2, single-use foodware or condiment packets (like ketchup, mustard) will not be provided by food service establishment in Westchester unless expressly requested by the customer. This new law will help reduce consumption of single-use plastic and help keep our planet greener and cleaner.

County fact sheets for this law, for both businesses and consumers, can be accessed by the links below.

Business Fact Sheet

Consumer Fact Sheet

Battery powered garden equipment have come along way. They are now as powerful as gas/electric powered ones, much lighter, more durable and most of all environmentally friendly.

Joe Tavolilla the General Foreman at the Tuckahoe DPW shows us how convenient it is to operate battery powered garden equipment.

This election one of the proposal on the ballot is funding for Environmental issues. Proposal 1 is a $4.2bn measure for  climate change mitigation, flood-risk reduction, water infrastructure, and land conservation and recreation.

For our community, which has been affected by floods, this is a very important proposal. It allocates over a billion dollars for flood-risk reduction and relocating and repairing flood-prone infrastructure and roadways.

The money will also be used for stormwater runoff reduction, agricultural nutrient runoff reduction, and addressing harmful algal blooms.

For more details click here.

Get acquainted with your Department of Public Works

Saturday October 15th, 2022

10:00am – 2:00pm

Tuckahoe DPW Facility & Main Street Park, 15 Marbledale Road, Tuckahoe

Learn about

1. Composting & Food Scrap recycling program
2. Recycling Do’s and Don’ts
3. Furniture Sharehouse Program
4. Environmental & Sustainable Initiatives

Fun for kids and adults alike

1. Sit in trucks & equipments
2. Trolley Rides
3. Refreshments
4. Magic Show
5. Face Painting
6. Raffles

                           

The village of Tuckahoe and the NY State has authorized modification of Tuckahoe zoning code (Local Law # 2-2022) to allow for apiaries.

The details can be found in our village website (https://www.tuckahoe.com/village-clerk/pages/bees).

The instructions to become a beekeeper and start a hive in the village can be accessed here and the form is available here.

The necessary forms and instructions have also been posted under resources section of this website.

Good news folks . Starting Jan 1st 2022, food and packaging container made from Styrofoam (Polystyrene Foam) have been banned in New York state. The Styrofoam packing peanuts have also been banned.

Most of us have seen Styrofoam containers when we order takeout. They are the white clam-shell type containers. Styrofoam is light , breaks easily, and does not biodegrade well, contributing a lot to micro-plastic pollution. Since they are not a candidate for recycling program, banning them is a great decision for our environment and community.

Details about the ban can be found in NYS – DEC website – https://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/120762.html