Recycling and Composting

Recycling

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New Bedford Public Schools' robust recycling program is extended into our kitchens where all cans, plastics and cardboard are also being recycled!


Composting

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Beginning in the 2021-2022 school year the Food and Nutrition Services department is collaborating with Black Earth Composting to pilot kitchen composting programs at Jacobs Elementary and New Bedford High School. Kitchen scraps that would otherwise be discarded in the trash, are instead being composted! 

Black Earth - The Why, What and How of Composting