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Cafeteria Organic Collections Program
NYC Schools Secondary Education
Why Collect Organics?
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.
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Average Waste per year,American family of four4.4 lbs per person, every day
NYC generates 64,000 tons of waste every week
$300 Million= Over 13,000 NYC student's tuition to SUNY for all four years, plus book $$$
Exporting trash Exports jobs and moneyOut of NYC
Exporting Waste Cost NYC:
$300 million
$300 Million= over 750,000 IPad 2’s with Wi-Fi 16GB
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.
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Collecting Organics Reduces GHG
NYC pilot reduced schools’ cafeteria waste by 85%. Imagine city
wide.
Will Collecting Organics Make a Difference?
What Happens to Collected Organics?
Organics are taken to commercial facilities to make compost, or to make renewable energy by capturing the methane gas released in decomposition
Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant in Brooklyn
DSNY Commercial Composting Facility
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.
Introducing…
the Organics Collection
Please take food out of foil, wrappers and bagsbefore composting
Please Bring ALL Cafeteria Waste
to the Sorting Station(s)
Sort it Out. It’s Easy.
AddALL food scraps
food soiled paper
AddALL food scraps
food soiled paper
Remove Landfill trash
Remove Landfill trash
Recycle Cartons, cans, bottles, & all hard plastics
Recycle Cartons, cans, bottles, & all hard plastics
Pour Any liquids into bucket
Pour Any liquids into bucket
Step 1:
Pour Liquids
into Bucket
Step 2:Recycle
Cartons, Cans, Bottles, Foil,
and Hard Plastics
Step 3: Remove
TrashPlastic Bags,
Film, Wrappers, and Foam
Step 4: Add
Organics Food ScrapsFiber Trays
Paper Boats, Cups
Plates and Napkins
Sorting in Four Easy Steps
Remember to Recycle All Beverage Cartons, Cans and Bottles
And aluminum foil
• Take-out containers • Plastic utensils• Fruit & pudding cups • Yogurt , dairy, deli & clamshell containers
FoamFilmVinyl WrappersBagsPouches
Recycle ALL Rigid (Hard) Plastics?
Remove Trash and put into Landfill Bin
Add ALL Leftover Food Scraps to the Organics Bin
Add All Food Soiled Paperand Fiber Trays to the Organics Bin
Teach Sustainability: Become a Cafeteria Monitor
Community Service HoursGain Job SkillsInclude onCollege Applications
Drop off at Green Markets
Curbside Collection
Pilot Collection for Apartments
School Gardens
Community Gardens
Organics Collection is Growing in NYC
Recycling and compostingat Yankee Stadium decreased waste by 40 percent.
What would increase recycling and composting at this school?
Get in the Game