The entire school system will be brought into the compost program over the next two years, with more than 1,800 schools composting their organic waste, according to the DSNY. Only about 860 schools in the system are currently composting their organics.
, the school sites are meant to allow other communities to collect compost in central locations.
The entire school system will also be brought into the compost program over the next two years, with more than 1,800 schools composting their organic waste, according to the DSNY. Only about 860 schools in the system are currently composting their organics. The school smart bin sites and expanded organics collections will cost $9.2 million for sanitation, which has a $1.83 billion budget line in Adams’s executive budget next year. The overall amount allocated to all organics recycling initiatives in the upcoming year's budget is $30 million.
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