Composting Comes to SHS

Composting has come to Scarsdale High School, the first high school in Westchester County to undertake the program. Michelle Sterling and Ron Schulhof of the Scarsdale Forum Sustainability program are on site everyday, showing students how to use the bins to sort and recycle the remains of their lunch.

Ninth graders are already familiar with the program which was initially launched in 2012 and is now in practice at Scarsdale's five elementary schools and at Scarsdale Middle School.

Kids are very receptive to the fact that in just two months time, all the contents of the bins will be recycled into compost which can be returned to the earth.

More volunteers are needed to man the compost bins during lunchtime at the high school. If you are interested in lending a hand, please email Michelle Sterling at michellesterling1@gmail.com.