Upcoming Webinar Series: Government Support for Community Composting 

Are you a local government interested in reducing and recycling wasted food and curious to learn how you can help spur community-scale composting? Or a community-oriented composter or micro hauler searching for public-private partnerships? This three-part webinar series, organized by The Institute for Local Self-Reliance, will focus on cities that are providing community-scale composting with a wide range of support.

Webinars are May 4, June 8, and June 23, 2022.

Click here to learn more about the series. 

Learn more and register for part 1 below.

Wednesday, May 4th, 1 – 2:30 p.m. ET

Government Support for Community Composting Part 1: Spotlight on New York City

The NYC Compost Project, created by the NYC Department of Sanitation (DSNY) in 1993, works to rebuild NYC’s soils by providing New Yorkers with the knowledge, skills, and opportunities they need to produce and use compost locally. NYC Compost Project programs are carried out by teams of DSNY-funded staff at several partner organizations including Big Reuse, Earth Matter NY, LES Ecology Center. DSNY also supports a NYC Compost Project Master Composter Certificate Course, and many program graduates have gone on to cultivate community composting in the city.

Presenters:

• Debra Sheintoch, Director of Compost Programs and Partnerships, NYC Department of Sanitation (DSNY)
• Renee Crowley, Deputy Director, Lower East Side Ecology Center
• Devin Reitsma, Project Manager, The New York City Compost Project Hosted by Big Reuse

More information and register HERE

Learn more and register here: https://ilsr.org/govt-support-for-community-composting-series/