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2011 Recycling Recommendations

DOE
1. DOE promote recycling at its professional development workshops
2. Teacher certification programs at the local universities require recycling training. This can be achieved via a Chancellor's Regulation.
3. Principal certification programs do the same
4. Two prep periods per week for the school's "Sustainability Coordinator."  Make the position "Recycling Coordinator" rather than "Sustainability Coordinator."  Initiating a recycling program in a school is already a lot of work.
5. A poster about recycling be placed in every elementary school classroom
6. Paint the sidewalks where trash is left for DSNY pickup 3 colors, one for trash, one for paper and one for bottles. This way the waste stream stays separate.
7. Ask the 831 ATR's currently without work to help do recycling audits
8. Schedule regular tours for teachers of Sims and Pratt recycling plants.


DSNY
9. Have DSNY issue fines directly to principals and custodians that do not recycle. The principals and custodians have the authority and resources to make recycling happen. They should be held personally responsible for not complying. By not seeing that recycling gets done they are not doing their job and they are violating the law.

What's more is that the Bloomberg administration has broken up larger schools into smaller ones and in the process added 600 principals. These principals have smaller and thus more manageable work loads and should be responsible for coordinating staff development for recycling.
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  • EVENTS
    • BEFORE AND AFTER
    • Past Events >
      • 2021
      • 2020 >
        • 2020 Fall and Year End Summary
      • 2019 >
        • 2019 Spring Summary
        • 2019 Fall and Year End Summary
      • 2018 >
        • 2018 fall & year end summary
        • 2018 Spring Summary
        • Challenge Grant 2018
      • 2017 >
        • 2017 Fall & Year End Summary
        • 2017 Spring Summary
        • Challenge Grant 2017
      • 2016 >
        • Fall 2016 Summary
      • 2015
      • 2014
      • 2013
      • 2012
      • 2011
      • 2010
      • 2009
  • NYC H2O Hub
    • SCHEDULE A VIRTUAL LESSON
  • About
    • BEFORE AND AFTER
    • Board of Directors
    • Advisory Board
    • Financial Statements
    • Press
    • Contact Us
  • Field Trips
    • Field Trip Guides
  • Ridgewood Reservoir
    • Ridgewood Reservoir for the 21st Century >
      • CONSTRUCTION
      • ABANDONMENT
      • OLD BROOKLYN WATERWORKS
      • NATURE
      • ENGAGEMENT
      • NYC H2O
    • Bus Stop
    • Community Vision >
      • Ridgewood Reservoir Historic Register
      • Ridgewood Reservoir meeting minutes 2017
      • RR DEC Wetlands Delineation
    • Ridgewood Reservoir Fauna >
      • RR Birds
      • RR Mammals
      • RR Reptiles
      • RR Insects
      • RR Arachnids
    • Ridgewood Reservoir Flora >
      • RR Flowering Plants (Forbs)
      • RR Grasses and Sedges
      • RR Ferns and Mosses
      • RR Trees and Shrubs
      • RR Vines
      • RR Fungi
  • Resources
    • Lesson Plans >
      • Aqueduct Challenge
      • 3d topo map high school
      • Gravity Tube activity
      • 3d topo map for elementary school
      • H2O Map
      • Old BK waterworks map
      • Tree guide
      • Children's books about H2O
      • H2O Student Contest
    • Early Maps of Manhattan & the Collect Pond
  • Donate
    • Become a Member
    • Shop NYC H2O