Long Island is facing a crisis. Within the next four years we will run out of space to put the one million tons of garbage Long Islanders produce annually. If we don't act now to find a viable solution, more trucks will be on the roads, increasing traffic and air...

Yaphank, NY – November 18, 2020 – Brookhaven's revamped recycling center – reopened earlier this year after a $7.5 million modernization – has town officials saying they have resurrected a recycling program that fell apart two years ago amid major changes in the...

Yaphank, NY – October 31, 2020 – A plan to build a Yaphank waste transfer station that would take thousands of tons of trash daily from construction sites — and cart it off Long Island by train instead of trucks — is being touted by its West Babylon developer as a...

Town of Brookhaven, NY – October 9, 2020 – It’s garbage time on Long Island: Public officials and waste management firms have been ramping up planning for the growing trash crisis facing the area, much of which will be exacerbated by the closure of the Town of...

Yaphank, NY – October 6, 2020 – New worldwide recycling industry standards have prompted major upgrades to Long Island’s biggest trash-to-treasure operation. Winters Bros. Waste Systems, which operates the 54,000-square-foot Town of Brookhaven recycling facility in...

Yaphank, NY – Sept. 18, 2020 – New equipment allows for more and better recycling. – Commodity collapse resulted in major changes for processing recyclables. Winters Bros. Recycling of Long Island, LLC has unveiled its newest recycling center at the Brookhaven...

In 1950’s, James (Big Jim) Winters along with his brother, Joe, started a small, local trash hauling business on Long Island. Through hard work, determination and a commitment to customer service the company grew. Fairly soon the company branched out with an operation...