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Composting!!!
An action launched by Essie K and Lila T in June 2019
Lila T
Essie K
Lila and Essie are part of ISB's class of 2019; they're now alumni! As their 8th grade community project, they wanted to introduce the school to composting. And they did! So thank you to them for their efforts and successes!
Essie and Lila explain why composting is very important:
'Thirty percent of the world's trash consists of food waste. When food waste is sent to landfills, it releases a harmful gas called methane. This gas plays a big role in global warming because it gets trapped in the atmosphere.'
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What is compost?
How does ISB's compost work?
The compost-procedure that we use involves a Japanese technique called Bokashi where bran is spread on discarded food to speed up the fermenting process and convert the waste into fertilizer. All organics (vegetables, meat and dairy) not consumed at ISB during lunch end-up in the composting buckets that are picked up every other week by the Brooklyn-based Vokashi company.
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Read more about the Bokashi fertilizing process here!
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