1. Cafeteria Organics Collection
NYC School Program
For Elementary Grades

2. Ways We Take Care of the Earth
Reduce
Re-Use
Composting: Nature’s Recycling
Recycle

3. Composting is Nature’s Way of Recycling
Creates Healthy Soil
Helps Plants Grow

4. What is Composting?
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.

5. NEW!!! Organics Collection in the Cafeteria

6. What Happens to Collected Organics?
Organics are taken to local facilities to make compost or to make energy
Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant in Brooklyn
DSNY Commercial Composting Facility

7. Please Bring ALL Food Scraps, Food Soiled Paper, Recycling, and Trash to the Sorting Station
Take your items off your tray one at a time.

8. Sort it Out. It’s Easy.
Recycle Cartons, cans, bottles, & all hard plastics
Remove Landfill trash
Pour Any liquids into bucket
Add ALL food scraps food soiled paper

9. Take food OUT OF Plastic baggies Plastic wrap and Tin Foil
BEFORE YOU PLACE IT in the FOOD SCRAPS BIN

10. Sorting in Four Easy Steps
Step 1: Pour Liquids into Bucket
Step 2: Recycle Cartons, Cans, Bottles, Foil, and Hard Plastics
Step 3: Remove Trash
Plastic Bags, Film, Wrappers,
and Foam
Step 4:
Add Organics Food Scraps Fiber Trays Paper Boats, Cups Plates and Napkins

11. Remember to Recycle All Beverage Cartons, Cans and Bottles
And aluminum foil

12. Recycle All Hard Plastics
HINT: If you can squeeze it into a ball, it is NOT a hard plastic

13. Remove Trash and put into Landfill Bin

14. Add ALL Leftover Food Scraps to the Organics Bin

15. Add All Food Soiled Paper and Fiber Trays to the Organics Bin

16. Get in the Game Recycling and composting at Yankee Stadium
decreased waste
by 40 percent.
What would increase recycling and composting at this school?