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Westchester County Board of Legislator Endorses School Lunch Recycling Program

1291471_10151983769611205_1823056415_oOn March 31, 2014, I was so proud to present the School Lunch Recycling Program to the Westchester County Board of Legislator, Committee for Energy and Environment.

Legislator Catherine Parker invited Anne Jeffe Holmes, Director of Programming at the Greenburgh Nature Center, Jean Bonhatal from the Cornell Waste Management Institute and myself, Anna Giordano, to share programs in place in Westchester working towards the final frontier of Food Waste Management.

Here is the video coverage of the event.

http://westchestercountyny.iqm2.com/Citizens/SplitView.aspx?Mode=Video&MeetingID=3057&AgendaID=2840&FileFormat=pdf&Format=Agenda&MediaFileFormat=wmv

The Legislators were very interested and assured us that they will carefully look at how they can create infrastructure in Westchester to facilitate local Food waste management.

Right now, only Suburban Carting offers commercial food waste hauling to a out of county facility.

But Food waste is black gold and we really need to keep it in Westchester to benefit from it.