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According to the New York Times, two Sanitation Department employees have set out to improve recycling
habits in New Yorkers. Haley Rogers and Lisa Burnie-McDermott currently work
and travel together to convince New York City residents to separate orange peels,
eggshells and other organic waste from the rest of their trash. Although the
two do not physically collect the trash themselves, they visit homes, manage
hotline calls and even monitor when garbage is being sorted at transfer
stations to educate and assist others with disposal procedures.
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Working on behalf of New
York City’s two year organic collection pilot program, Rogers and
Burnie-McDermott seek to have most of New York’s food waste transported to
composting sites rather than landfills. As stated by the two environmental
experts, the outcome of increased composting would not just lead to a
healthier environment; additionally, if New Yorkers successfully come together
and monitor how they dispose of their trash, they will also help reduce the rat
population in surrounding neighborhoods.
The organics collection
program is currently running in all five boroughs and has been implemented in
over 300 schools. With such a large reach, members of the sanitation department
hope that the program will highly influence residents to make an effort to
recycle their organic trash. According to the article, if the pilot program
proves to be successful by next summer, the sanitation department will approach
the City Council and suggest it be expanded.
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