Launching the First Food Scrap Program in Nassau County

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Written By Samantha Goldman

Mindy Germain & Patricia Class with PW North Mayor Robert Weitzner

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A scrappy plan

  • Port Washington North is using a $75,000 state grant to launch a drop-off program to facilitate conversion of food scraps into compost.

  • Few Long Island municipalities offer ways to dispose of food scraps. Southold and Riverhead, on the East End, have implemented programs in recent years.

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