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NEWS RELEASE JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA |
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December 4, 2019 Jefferson Parish Dept. of Environmental Affairs Awarded 2019-2020 Keep Louisiana Beautiful Healthy Communities Grant for Pilot Food Waste Composting Project |
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The Jefferson Parish Department of Environmental Affairs, a Keep America/Keep Louisiana Beautiful Affiliate, has been awarded one of ten 2019-2020 Keep Louisiana Beautiful Healthy Communities Grants. The grant award, in the amount of $4,662.00 will be used to partner with the Crescent City Farmer’s Market and Schmelly’s Dirt Farm to provide for composting workshops and weekly collection of frozen food waste beginning January 3rd, 2020 at two established farmers market locations in Jefferson Parish. Keep Louisiana Beautiful is the State’s anti-litter and community improvement organization focused on education, awareness, litter prevention, beautification, and waste reduction. The frozen food waste compost program will provide residents with an opportunity to help the environment by participating in a beneficial project that captures discarded food and transforms it into soil enriching compost. The project serves to educate residents about the value of food waste and organics recycling and how a discarded material can be managed more efficiently. The Department of Environmental Affairs has been seeking ways to reduce waste and build upon on their overall recycling efforts. This program is consistent with that goal and will provide residents with an opportunity to take an active role in environmental stewardship by learning to integrate this innovative food waste compost program into their everyday lives. For more information, please contact Mike Lockwood, Director, Jefferson Parish Department of Environmental Affairs at 504-731-4612. ### |
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