Top 10 Tips to Help the Environment

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10 simple and cost-effective things a Croton resident can do to help the environment and improve our quality of life

  1. Use REUSABLE eating utensils and dishes at work, school, and when entertaining at home - and RECYCLE

  2. COMPOST your food scraps, yard waste, etc. - avoid curbside drops. Great for gardening.

  3. Join the Croton C.L.E.A.N group on a garbage clean-up event or pick-up trash on your own.

  4. AVOID the use of noisy and destructive gas-powered LEAF BLOWERS – comply with Croton’s recent leaf blower seasonal ban (Jun-Aug & Jan-Mar)

  5. Reduce your lawncare frequency and duration – weekly care is destructive, unnecessary, and expensive. Spring cleaning kills pollinators.

  6. Reduce the size of the sterile lawn by replacing sections with ecologically beneficial NATIVE PLANTS.

  7. Hire all-electric (BATTERY-POWERED) landscapers or use your own battery-powered mower, broom, rake, etc.

  8. REDUCE if not eliminate external LIGHTING (use a motion sensor) – to reduce light pollution and its negative impact to bird migration and insect survivability.

  9. PRUNE TREES rather than remove them – be aware of Croton’s tree removal permitting process (4-inch diameter rule)

  10. Avoid use of insecticides, herbicides, and fertilizers – they kill our pollinators and pollute our water supply