O&R's Recycling/Investment Recovery Program is an, award-winning partnership that employs workers from Rockland ARC (formerly known as the Association for Retarded Citizens) to break down retired O&R equipment into component parts for re-sale.

The Rockland ARC workers separate waste paper, bale used cardboard, and dismantle and sort for recycling old cable, streetlights, reflectors and meters. Those parts are then sold to recyclers.

Since its inception in 1992, the program has saved tens of thousands of yards of landfill space, spared thousands of trees and earned O&R back some of the investment it initially made in the material. The program also provides a meaningful work experience for Rockland ARC workers. The program's successful environmental efforts have been frequently recognized with the Certificate of Environmental Achievement from "Renew America," a national environmental enhancement organization.