July Featured Collection Partner of the Month: Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency

Posted July 5, 2016

Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency (OCRRA) has been participating in TRC’s program since 2011. In the past four years alone, their one collection site has recovered 566 mercury thermostats! In October 2015 OCRRA and Covanta partnered to offer a mercury thermostat and thermometer drop off event. The event offered a $10 Lowe’s gift card to residents who turned in either mercury containing item. This event recovered more than 150 mercury thermostats in TRC’s recycling bin in one day.

Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency (OCRRA) has been providing a comprehensive solid waste management and resource recovery system to Onondaga county since 1990. Over the years, OCRRA’s system has grown and adapted to the changing needs of the community. OCRRA’s system includes:

a strong recycling and composting program,
a foundation for local waste disposal at the Waste-to-Energy Facility,
two convenient trash and recycling drop-off sites, and
numerous programs for hard-to-manage materials – including household hazardous waste,batteries, fluorescent bulbs, and other mercury containing devices.