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ColorBrightonGreen Activities and News
ColorBrightonGreen - Where to Take Your Recyclables
ColorBrightonGreen has headed in a new direction and moved away from collection of recyclables at the Brighton Farmers' Market. We have updated our website to provide information on where you can take the recyclable items that you have been collecting.
UPDATE: Our Brita recycling point person has moved. If you wish to recycle your Brita filters, please consider signing up to be the point person for collecting them and mailing them in. It's free to mail a box and you can mail it once it's full. If you have any questions about this process, you can contact Melissa at melissacarlson22@gmail.com and for more info, visit the website.
Invasive Species
Be on the lookout for an invasive plant that has been seen in Brighton, including along road sides. We need to do all we can to mitigate the propagation of this invader. If you use a landscaping company, please tell them if seen, to irradicate this from the property and their clients' properties. It propagates both via the roots and seeds. Pulling does not eliminate it as if there is any root left it will regrow. If you do see it and need help, please feel free to reach out and we will take care of it. Send an email to info@colorbrightongreen.org (Attention: Ward). We can help ID it (or any plant, for that matter).
Best to use a shovel and gloves and get as much of the roots as possible. DO NOT compost. Put it in the weekly trash so it gets taken away. After removal, monitor the location for regrowth. It hides and blends in well and can be mistaken for common thistle (also an invasive however less so).
This plant is highly invasive, severely reduces pasture capacity and desirable forages, degrades wildlife habitat, and can hinder reforestation and landscape restoration efforts. Once a population gets established, it begins to quickly displace native vegetation, including desirable pollinator habitat, creating large stands with little biological diversity and low habitat value.
More info, including pictures can be found here.
Interested in Volunteering with us?
Send us an email at cbgvolunteer@gmail.com
For More Environmental Tips and Info...
Be sure to like and follow our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter @green_brighton and Instagram @colorbrightongreen and our YouTube Channel. Contact us at info@colorbrightongreen.org.
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Upcoming Events & Actions
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Color Your Community Green
Our municipalities are the small but mighty building blocks of our region and state, and also of regional and statewide climate action. These towns, villages, and cities possess a great deal of authority and autonomy in “home rule” New York, meaning that much of the climate progress needed in our region can only happen when municipalities take action. This is why the Climate Solutions Accelerator of the Genesee-Finger Lakes Region is mobilizing climate action across the nine-county Genesee-Finger Lakes Region through the Color Your Community Green (CYCG) initiative. Inspired by Accelerator member organization Color Brighton Green, CYCG aims to connect and organize concerned individuals, by municipality or neighborhood, to form a network of climate-focused citizen action teams. CYCG efforts have launched and leapt forward throughout the Genesee-Finger Lakes Region. Subscribe to the Newsletter.
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Seeds of Hope
Seeds of Hope is a monthly open gathering that inspires, equips, and empowers participants to live into the vision of an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling, and socially just human presence on our planet.
When: Sunday, September 11; 1:30 - 3:30 PM
Where: Online (Zoom)
For More Info: Website
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Celebrate Urban Gardens Day
Hosted by Rochester & Monroe County Community & School Gardens.
Special Tours, activities and demonstrations
Map, schedule and contact info to follow!
When: Saturday, September 17; 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Where: TBD
For More Info: Website
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Electric Vehicle Car Show
RIT is hosting the annual National Drive Electric Week show in September. Register to attend if you're thinking about purchasing an EV. You can kick some tires, ask questions of the owners, and check out the interesting features of various plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and battery electric vehicles (BEVs). Already own an EV? Register and bring your vehicle to the event to join the party and share your experience!
When: Saturday, September 24; 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Where: RIT (1 Lomb Memorial Drive)
For More Info: Website
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Sanctuary of the Wild
Sanctuary of the Wild offers a monthly opportunity on the last Sunday of each month, to gather on the land in community with others who yearn for sacred conversation with and deep listening to the natural world. We convene in a circle with senses wide open, then disperse, solo, onto the land for a period of time to enter into that sacred conversation with the more-than-human beings we encounter. Upon return, there is opportunity to share our experiences with one another.
When: Last Sunday of every month; 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Where: Join Facebook group to find out location each month
For More Info: Facebook Group Page
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Free e-Recycling Events
Have tube TVs or computer monitors collecting dust but you don't want to pay the fee to dispose of them? Sign up for one of Sunnking's community e-recycling events. Check here for the list of acceptable items. Pre-registration is required and closes at 4 PM the day before the event OR when all slots are filled. Just click on the event you want to attend and fill out the registration.
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Paint Recycling Program
If you’ve recently purchased paint or paint products, did you notice a “Paint Recycling Fee” on the receipt? That charge funds the New York State Postconsumer Paint Collection Program, a new recycling program to provide residents an additional outlet to safely and conveniently dispose of left over paints, primers, stains, sealers, clear coatings, and more.
Known as PaintCare, the program makes recycling unwanted paints and paint products easier by providing a network of drop-off collection sites – for both residents and businesses - at more than 200 retailers and reuse stores across New York State.
PaintCare accepts up to five gallons per customer per visit of approved products, regardless of the date of manufacture. Materials should be left in original containers (no larger than five gallons) with labels intact.
For more information, including acceptable materials and a list of drop off sites, visit the PaintCare website.
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Appliance Recycling Program
Chances are your old refrigerator or freezer is adding to your electricity bill by an average of $150 a year. Recycle it, reduce your energy use and keep harmful materials out of landfills. We’ll pick it up for free and you'll pick up $75.
Now you can also recycle an old working room air conditioner with your qualifying refrigerator or freezer pickup appointment and get an extra $10!
Recycle in three easy steps
- Schedule your pickup appointment online or call 1-888-646-3208.
- We pick up your appliance(s) safely from inside your home, or we can pick it up from outside your home with our no-contact pickup option.
- We mail you a check!
Who is eligible
You must be a residential RG&E electricity customer and own the unit(s) to be recycled.
The refrigerator or freezer must be:
- Between 10 and 30 cubic feet in size
- Clean and empty
- Plugged in and cooling at time of pickup
- Accessible with a clear path for removal
We’ll pick up two units per residential address per year. You will receive your check within 6 to 8 weeks from your pickup date.
The room air conditioning unit must be:
- Working
- Accessible with a clear path for removal
- Picked up with qualifying refrigerator or freezer
We’ll pick up two units per residential address per year. You will receive your check within 6 to 8 weeks from your pickup date.
For more info, visit the website.
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Curbside Bin Recycling Info - When In Doubt, Throw It Out!
Avoid common mistakes like putting your recyclables in plastic bags (the bag and everything in the bag will go to the landfill instead of getting recycled) or putting any kind of styrofoam in curbside recycling. For more info, visit and read carefully their page on residential recycling. Monroe County no longer recycles by number, they recycle plastic by shape now. When in doubt, throw it out! "Wishcycling" only contaminates the recyclable materials and can make the whole lot no longer recyclable.
Want to recycle your lids? Reattach them to their original container, otherwise they will be too small for the machines and will not be recycled.
Please be sure to wash your recyclables!
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