Under the Westchester County Source Separation Law, any organization (including schools and health care facilities) that owns a building or buildings commonly hosting more than 100 employees, patients or students during a 24 hour period is required to submit a Solid Waste Management Plan that details its solid waste and recycling disposal practices.

If an organization does not own the building it occupies, and is not responsible for securing services related to the removal of garbage and recyclables, it is not required to submit a plan. In that case, the building's owner is responsible to file this plan. If an organization owns facilities at multiple locations, it should submit only one plan; however, all locations should be referenced in detail on the plan, and should describe its solid waste and recycling disposal practices at each location.

Organizations are required to submit an updated solid waste management plan every three years.An automated reminder will be sent to the e-mail address registered for the plan.

Submitting the plan online is simple. First register your organization to create an account. You'll only need to register one time, because you'll use the same account to submit future plans. After the account is created, you can begin the process of completing the information through the interactive online form. It's important to know that once you've started entering information into the form, you must complete and submit it within two weeks. However,after you've submitted the form, you have a seven-day window within which to make changes.