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Rocket Launch Long Beach Island Consolidated School District

Rocket Launch Long Beach Island Consolidated School District. Angela C. Andersen Long Beach Township Recycling Coordinator and Co –author of State Farm Grant. Rocket Composter has landed at EJ. Long Beach Island Consolidated School District received funding from State Farm

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Rocket Launch Long Beach Island Consolidated School District

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  1. Rocket LaunchLong Beach Island Consolidated School District Angela C. Andersen Long Beach Township Recycling Coordinator and Co –author of State Farm Grant

  2. Rocket Composter has landed at EJ • Long Beach Island Consolidated School District received funding from State Farm • Partners in Grant Writing: LBICSD Teacher /LBT Green Team Chairperson • Student focused project in waste reduction and community development

  3. What is the rocket composter?

  4. LBICSD “Kids for Compost? slogan” • Short Term goal: Integrate food waste composting within the school • Long Term Goal: Expand to families, residents, community Partnerships with community: • 1> “composting outreach” links the community to the school compost program • 2> Providing backyard compost education for families ( through units like the “earth machine” • LBT at LBIF

  5. What is Compost? • COMPOSTING: the process of turning once living organisms into rich soil (humus) food waste> soil enhancer • HUMUS/COMPOST: finished compost is dark brown, crumbly, and smells like a forest floor

  6. Single Stream-reduce –reuse- recycle – foodcyling…

  7. County “yard waste” composting- everything but kitchen sink

  8. Ocean County Stats • Ocean County Landfill, Corp. Solid Waste • 2010- • Ranging from $ 71.21-$102.65 per ton • Ocean County Single Stream Recycling • 2010 - 55,235 tons – saved $ 4 million in tonnage fees • Ocean County yard waste Compost Brush- 7048.62 tons ( as of 11/30/11) Leaves-9876.62 tons ( as of 11/30/11)

  9. Food Waste- the next frontier

  10. County vs. Backyard vs. Rocket Composting • County: accepts leaves for composting and brush for wood chips ( which will go in the Rocket) • Backyard: Kitchen scraps veggie, fruit, coffee, tea, nuts and yard trimmings ( no meat or bones) • Rocket: food scraps including leftovers, plate scrapings, meat, bones, eggs, bread, rice, kitchen scraps

  11. Environmental, Educational and Economic Benefits • Reduces school food waste, garden debris and the expense to haul it to dump. • Reduces “carbon footprint” (e.g., less garbage, so less to landfills = less methane emissions from landfills; e.g., fewer garbage trucks and pickups = less CO2 emitted, less pollution) (insert pic of pollution) • Reduces water use in gardens ( aerated healthy soil) • Improves community recycling efforts • Provides sustainability education and outreach to our community members • Enhances curriculum with real world learning of eco issues

  12. Sustainable Community Benefits of Compost • Compost use: school, home, community/municipal locations • Benefits for the land and water: soil conditioner, a fertilizer, a natural pesticide ( heartier plants) insert pics **In ecosystems, compost is useful for increasing soil health and drainage, rainwater recharge and runoff /erosion control**

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