Virtual Vital Aging Series : How to Go "Zero-Waste' in Scarsdale

Over the last several years Michelle and Ron have been instrumental in launching sustainability initiatives throughout Scarsdale and Westchester County.  Together they have helped all seven Scarsdale Schools, a number of Houses of Worship and Scarsdale Village launch food scrap recycling and zero waste programs.  Their efforts have made a tremendous impact within the Scarsdale community as well as throughout Westchester as other municipalities, schools and organizations have come to Scarsdale to learn and launch their own zero waste programs. In addition to zero waste programs, Michelle and Ron have worked on a number of other successful sustainability initiatives in Scarsdale such as the passage of a gas-powered leaf blower code restrictions, LED Streetlight conversion project, furniture donation, take it or leave it shed, textile recycling, cooking oil recycling, tennis ball recycling, additional recycling education and expansion, updating Scarsdale’s tree code, creating a solar code which streamlines the solar application approval process for residents, and the electrification of the Scarsdale Village fleet.  Michelle and Ron have also worked with Westchester County to create a County Food Scrap Recycling Program which supports existing municipal food scrap recycling programs as well as helps new municipalities in the County start food scrap recycling programs.

Michelle and Ron serve on the Scarsdale Conservation Advisory Council as well as other local civic organizations and Sustainability Committees.  Michelle holds a BA in Political Science from Columbia College and a JD from Cornell Law School.   She and her husband David live in Scarsdale with their two daughters.

Ron holds a BA in Economics from Lehigh University and an MBA from Columbia Business School.  He and his wife Rachel live in Scarsdale with their two sons.

You will receive an email with the Zoom link approximately 1 hour before the beginning of the event.