<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"><base href="x-msg://52/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">swintern <<a href="mailto:swintern@tompkins-co.org">swintern@tompkins-co.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>Don't Throw Pumpkins in the Trash.. Recycle Them!</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">November 2, 2016 11:08:42 AM EDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">"<a href="mailto:sustainable_tompkins-l@cornell.edu">sustainable_tompkins-l@cornell.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:sustainable_tompkins-l@cornell.edu">sustainable_tompkins-l@cornell.edu</a>>, "<a href="mailto:tc-hsc-l@cornell.edu">tc-hsc-l@cornell.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:tc-hsc-l@cornell.edu">tc-hsc-l@cornell.edu</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">swintern <<a href="mailto:swintern@tompkins-co.org">swintern@tompkins-co.org</a>><br></span></div><br><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "></p><div>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:</div><div>November 2, 2016</div><div><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; ">Don’t Throw Pumpkins in the Trash…Recycle Them!</span></b></div><div><br></div><div>(Ithaca, NY) Now that Halloween is behind us, don’t forget to compost your Jack-o’-Lantern. Composting is easier than ever in Tompkins County! Residents can take advantage of the Solid Waste Division’s food scraps recycling program and bring their pumpkins and food scraps to one of eight drop spots free of charge: </div><div><br></div><div>Recycling & Solid Waste Center </div><div>160 Commercial Ave., Ithaca </div><div>Open Mon - Sat from 7am - 3:30pm </div><div><br></div><div>Cayuga Compost </div><div>3225 Agard Rd., Trumansburg </div><div>Open 24 hours a day</div><div><br></div><div>Cayuga Heights Village Office</div><div>836 Hanshaw Rd. </div><div>Open every Sunday from 11am - 3pm </div><div><br></div><div>Dryden Town Highway Department </div><div>61 E. Main St. (Rt. 392) </div><div>Open every Saturday from 9am - Noon </div><div><br></div><div>East Hill </div><div>Pine Tree Rd. (Next to Rite Aid) </div><div>Open every Saturday from 11am - 2pm</div><div><br></div><div>Cornell Cooperative Extension </div><div>615 Willow Ave., Ithaca </div><div>Open every Sunday from 10am - 2pm</div><div><br></div><div>Lansing Village Office </div><div>2405 N. Triphammer Rd. </div><div>Open every Saturday from 10am - 1pm </div><div><br></div><div>Brooktondale Community Center </div><div>522 Valley Rd. </div><div>Open every Tuesday from 4pm - 6pm</div><div><br></div><div>Let your pumpkins rot the right way - in a compost pile! Food scraps recycling is a great way to save on disposal costs and keep your garbage can clean. Learn more at<a href="http://recycletompkins.org" id="LPlnk451424" previewremoved="true">www.recycletompkins.org</a>, or visit any drop spot during their hours of operation.</div><div id="LPBorder_GT_14780991825060.3772489233632226" style="margin-bottom: 20px; overflow: auto; width: 591px; text-indent: 0px; "><table id="LPContainer_14780991825030.3390170981110283" cellspacing="0" style="width: 531px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: relative; overflow: auto; padding-top: 20px; padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: dotted; border-top-color: rgb(200, 200, 200); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(200, 200, 200); "><tbody><tr valign="top" style="border-spacing: 0px; "><td id="TextCell_14780991825050.12158982111695282" colspan="2" style="vertical-align: top; position: relative; padding: 0px; display: table-cell; "><div id="LPRemovePreviewContainer_14780991825050.6687574825125993"></div><div id="LPTitle_14780991825050.49201404662276294" style="top: 0px; color: rgb(0, 120, 215); font-weight: normal; font-size: 21px; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_light, 'Segoe UI Light', 'Segoe WP Light', 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; "><a id="LPUrlAnchor_14780991825050.5192226545898899" href="http://recycletompkins.org/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; ">Tompkins County | Solid Waste</a></div><div id="LPMetadata_14780991825060.27354994409198063" style="margin: 10px 0px 16px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: normal; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px; "><a href="http://recycletompkins.org">recycletompkins.org</a></div><div id="LPDescription_14780991825060.9958901104702897" style="display: block; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: normal; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; max-height: 100px; overflow: hidden; ">The Mission of the Solid Waste Management Division is to manage the solid waste of Tompkins County in a manner that is environmentally sound, cost-effective, socially ...</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br><br><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; "></p></div><div id="cke_pastebin">________________________________________________________________________________</div><div id="cke_pastebin">To subscribe/unsubscribe from the HSC Listserv or review our guidelines, visit<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.hsctc.org/listserve">www.hsctc.org/listserv</a></div><div> </div><div><strong>The Human Services Coalition of Tompkins County</strong><br><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 205); "><em>Over 40 Years of Creating Solutions Together!</em></span></strong></div></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>