A few of the Boroughs restaurants are doing the rot thing by participating in a new food waste composting pilot program to show the benefits of diverting food scraps from landfills. The Borough’s Public Works Department will collect food scraps from Landmark Americana West Chester, The Roots Cafe, and Three Little Pigs Restaurant and deliver them to Longwood Gardens from June through November. The scraps will be converted to compost and used as a soil supplement at Longwood. The program is funded through a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). West Chester BLUER (Borough Leaders United for Emissions Reductions) committee member and West Chester University professor Denise Polk, received this EPA grant in order to launch the composting pilot. BLUER is a volunteer ad-hoc committee formed by the West Chester Borough Council whose mission is to help West Chester reduce greenhouse gas pollution 10% below the 2005 level by the year 2015. We are very excited to launch this pilot program and would like to thank these restaurants for eagerly participating!
Posted on: Tue, 03 Jun 2014 19:26:54 +0000
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