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Council member emphasizes importance of composting education and outreach
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Council Member Shaun Abreu stresses the importance of community composting in educating New Yorkers about the process. He highlights the collaboration between council offices and community organizations in providing direct education to residents.
- Abreu mentions partnerships with Lower East Side Ecology and Big Reuse for tenant education
- He notes the use of kitchen countertop bins provided by the department for education
- The council member points out that the council had to step in to fund $6,225,000 for composting education after budget cuts
- Abreu asks about the plan for the next six months regarding education and when fines might be reinstated
Shaun Abreu
0:20:34
Yeah and look you know my goal here is not to you know tear you guys down on this issue.
0:20:42
Right.
0:20:42
It's just that I feel like you know we've been raising alarm bells for over a year on the role that community composting plays in educating New Yorkers about what composting is.
0:20:54
My office and other council member offices for instance have partnered with the Lower East Side Ecology and Big Reuse.
0:21:01
They're going into buildings and talking to to tenants directly
Frank Marshall
0:21:04
Right.
Shaun Abreu
0:21:04
About what composting is and how they can participate.
0:21:07
And we're also in addition to that, we're using the kitchen countertop bins that the department has been providing Right.
0:21:13
As well as a way to sort of combine it with education and infrastructure so people know that what it's like.
0:21:19
And a year ago, you know, the mayor cut composting education in the budget.
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The council had to step in and and fund $6,225,000 for this program.
0:21:29
So if anything I speak I think it speaks to the need for this administration to to to continue to invest in the education and for DSNY and the community composting groups to work together.
0:21:40
Now that the decision has been made to pause finding, what is the what do the next six months look like in terms of how much resources you think you're gonna need to making sure folks are educated?
0:21:54
When do you see fines coming back online for units under 30?
0:21:59
What's the plan?
Javier Lojan
0:22:02
So as I mentioned the existing supervision we have in place right now is going to be what I leverage for this.