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Cafeteria Organic Collections Program

Cafeteria Organic Collections Program. NYC Schools Secondary Education. Why Collect Organics?. 12:25. On average, about 4 0 % of NYC School’s waste stream is organic It is expensive to transport and store this material in landfills, taking up valuable land. .

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Cafeteria Organic Collections Program

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  1. Cafeteria Organic Collections Program NYC Schools Secondary Education

  2. Why Collect Organics? 12:25 On average, about 40% of NYC School’s waste stream is organic It is expensive to transport and store this material in landfills, taking up valuable land.

  3. NYC generates 64,000 tons of waste every week Average Waste per year,American family of four 4.4 lbs per person, every day

  4. Exporting Waste • Cost NYC: $300 Million= Over 13,000 NYC student's tuition to SUNY for all four years, plus book $$$ Exporting trash Exports jobs and money Out of NYC $300 Million= over 750,000 IPad 2’s with Wi-Fi 16GB $300 million

  5. Collecting Organics Reduces GHG 12:25 Food scraps, when put in a landfill, increase greenhouse gases. Landfills are the single largest man-made source of methane gas in the U.S.

  6. Will Collecting Organics Make a Difference? NYC pilot reduced schools’ cafeteria waste by 85%. Imagine city wide.

  7. What Happens to Collected Organics? Organics are taken to commercial facilities to make compost, orto make renewable energy by capturing the methane gas released in decomposition Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant in Brooklyn DSNY Commercial Composting Facility

  8. What is Compost? • 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.

  9. Introducing… the Organics Collection

  10. Please Bring ALL Cafeteria Waste to the Sorting Station(s) Please take food out of foil, wrappers and bagsbefore composting

  11. 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

  12. 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 OrganicsFood ScrapsFiber Trays Paper Boats, CupsPlates and Napkins

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

  14. Recycle ALL Rigid (Hard) Plastics? Foam Film Vinyl Wrappers Bags Pouches • Take-out containers • Plastic utensils • Fruit & pudding cups • Yogurt , dairy, deli & clamshell containers

  15. Remove Trash and put into Landfill Bin

  16. Add ALLLeftover Food Scraps to the Organics Bin

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

  18. Become a Cafeteria Monitor Community Service Hours Gain Job SkillsInclude on College Applications Teach Sustainability:

  19. Organics Collection is Growing in NYC Pilot Collection for Apartments Community Gardens School Gardens Curbside Collection Drop off at Green Markets

  20. 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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