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Council Member Brewer discusses Intro 130-A on establishing composting facilities in city parks
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Council Member Gale A. Brewer presents Intro 130-A, which aims to establish composting facilities in city parks to manage plant waste sustainably. She explains the goals of the initiative and outlines the implementation plan for the coming years.
- The initiative is modeled after the Riverside Park composting facility
- It aims to reduce organic waste in landfills, improve soil health, and decrease greenhouse gas emissions
- The plan includes a phased approach to implement composting facilities across boroughs from 2026 to 2028
Gale A. Brewer
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Thank you very much.
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I'm calling, your attention to number 130 a, which is, on the agenda today.
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It will establish composting facilities in the city parks to manage plant waste sustainably, modeled after the Riverside Park composting facility, which is so fabulous that people come just to see it, and it is powered by solar.
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This initiative aims to reduce the amount of organic waste into landfills, improve soil health, and decrease greenhouse gas emissions, create green jobs because they'll have to have jobs to operate the sites.
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The implementation plan called for at least 1 compost facility in 2 parks per borough by July 26, one compost facility in 3 parks in each borough by July 27, one compost facility in 5 parks in July 28.
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Definitely wanna thank parks chair, Shekhar Krishnam, the Compost Coalition, like Eric Goldstein of NRDC, Justin Green, a big re reuse, and my staff, certainly, Schuler Puder and, Cynthia Hornig and, council legislation staff, Patrick Mollbell and Chris Saratore, and I say go compost.
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Thank you very much.
