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Cafeteria Organic Collections Program NYC Schools Secondary Education 12:25 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. NYC generates 64,000 tons of waste every week Average Waste per year, American family of four 4.4 lbs per person, every day Exporting Waste Cost NYC: $300 Million= Over 13,000 NYC student's tuition to SUNY for $300 Million= all four years, plus book $$$ over 750,000 IPad 2’s with Wi-Fi Exporting trash 16GBjobs and money Exports Out of NYC $300 million 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. Will Collecting Organics Make a Difference? NYC pilot reduced schools’ cafeteria waste by 85%. Imagine city wide. 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 Bring ALL Cafeteria Waste to the Sorting Station(s) Please take food out of foil, wrappers and bags before composting Sort it Out. It’s Easy. Pour Any liquids into bucket Recycle Remove Cartons, cans, bottles, & all hard plastics Landfill trash Add ALL food scraps food soiled paper Sorting in Four Easy Steps Step 1: Step 2: Step 3: Step 4: Pour Recycle Add Organics Liquids into Bucket Cartons, Cans, Bottles, Foil, and Hard Plastics Remove Trash Plastic Bags, Film, Wrappers, and Foam Food Scraps Fiber Trays Paper Boats, Cups Plates and Napkins Remember to Recycle All Beverage Cartons, Cans and Bottles And aluminum foil Recycle ALL Rigid (Hard) Plastics? • • • • Take-out containers Plastic utensils Fruit & pudding cups Yogurt , dairy, deli & clamshell containers Foam Film Vinyl Wrappers Bags Pouches Remove Trash and put into Landfill Bin Add ALL Leftover Food Scraps to the Organics Bin Add All Food Soiled Paper and Fiber Trays to the Organics Bin Gain Become Job Skills a Community Teach Include Cafeteria on Hours Monitor Service Sustainability: College Applications Organics Collection is Growing in NYC Pilot Collection for Apartments Community Gardens School Gardens Curbside Collection Drop off at Green Markets Get in the Game Recycling and composting at Yankee Stadium decreased waste by 40 percent. What would increase recycling and composting at this school?