QUESTION
What education is provided to schools after funding cuts to the Grow NYC Zero Waste Schools program?
1:04:22
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The NYC Department of Sanitation will fulfill its commitment to ensure every DOE school receives composting service, despite funding cuts.
- Every Department of Education (DOE) school is set to receive composting service as part of a phased rollout.
- The program includes education for custodial staff and students, focusing on waste separation and composting.
- Students play a critical role in the program by separating waste and discussing composting practices with their families.
- The Department of Sanitation (DSNY) emphasizes the importance of building a next-generation of composters through school education programs.
- DSNY collaborates with other municipal agencies to promote sustainability initiatives within schools.
Shaun Abreu
1:04:22
I wanna turn over a growing YC for a bit.
1:04:25
If you could speak to you know, the Grow Grow YC Zero Way Schools program, we consider it to be very vital at this council.
1:04:35
So it's unfortunate to see the cuts that are coming there.
1:04:37
What education is given to schools given the funding cut to to this vital program?
Joshua Goodman
1:04:44
So there's a a few things I'll point to here at 1 when I say, again, as mentioned earlier, you know, we are so appreciative of the work that CEOs and community composers have done over the years on not just on collection and processing, but on educational outreach as well, of course.
1:05:00
In about a month.
1:05:03
We will make good on a commitment of this administration that every DOE school received composting service.
1:05:10
In the school.
1:05:12
We've been rolling that out in phases over the past several years, and we're very close to completing that.
1:05:19
Which means that the encompassing in schools involves education for the custodial staff and for the students.
1:05:26
Students are the ones doing the separation.
1:05:28
So DSNY is engaged in active in school, education, and outreach.
1:05:33
To get the next generation of composters.
1:05:35
They composted school.
1:05:36
They go home, and they talk to their parents about it.
1:05:38
It's incredibly important to us.
1:05:41
We have a significant number of other educational programs that include sustainability in the schools.
1:05:48
We work closely with the OEM.
