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Cafeteria Organics Collection

Cafeteria Organics Collection. NYC School Program. For Elementary Grades . Ways We Take Care of the Earth . Reduce . Re-Use . Composting: Nature’s Recycling . Recycle . Composting is Nature’s Way of Recycling . Creates Healthy Soil Helps Plants Grow . What is Composting?.

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Cafeteria Organics Collection

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  1. Cafeteria Organics Collection NYC School Program For Elementary Grades

  2. Ways We Take Care of the Earth Reduce Re-Use Composting: Nature’s Recycling Recycle

  3. Composting is Nature’s Way of Recycling Creates Healthy Soil Helps Plants Grow

  4. What is Composting? • When we break down organic, or once living material, faster than it would in nature. • Creates a chocolate colored dirt that gives plants nutrients • “Decomposers” in the soil like micro-organisms, organisms, and worms break down organics. They are nature’s recyclers.

  5. NEW!!! Organics Collection in the Cafeteria

  6. What Happens to Collected Organics? Organics are taken to local facilities to make compost orto make energy Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant in Brooklyn DSNY Commercial Composting Facility

  7. Please Bring ALL Food Scraps, Food Soiled Paper, Recycling, and Trashto the Sorting Station Take your items off your tray one at a time.

  8. Sort it Out. It’s Easy. RecycleCartons, cans, bottles, & all hard plastics • RemoveLandfill trash Pour Any liquids into bucket • AddALL food scraps food soiled paper

  9. Take food OUT OF Plastic baggiesPlastic wrapandTin Foil BEFORE YOU PLACE ITin the FOOD SCRAPS BIN

  10. Sorting in Four Easy Steps Step 1:Pour Liquids into Bucket Step 2:RecycleCartons, Cans, Bottles, Foil, and Hard Plastics Step 3: Remove Trash Plastic Bags, Film, Wrappers, and Foam Step 4: Add Organics Food ScrapsFiber Trays Paper Boats, CupsPlates and Napkins

  11. Remember to Recycle All Beverage Cartons, Cans and Bottles And aluminum foil

  12. Recycle All Hard Plastics HINT: If you can squeeze it into a ball, it is NOT a hard plastic

  13. Remove Trash and put into Landfill Bin

  14. Add ALL Leftover Food Scraps to the Organics Bin

  15. Add All Food Soiled Paperand Fiber Trays to the Organics Bin

  16. Get in the Game Recycling and compostingat Yankee Stadium decreased waste by 40 percent. What would increase recycling and composting at this school?

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