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Wellness committee reports school food‑waste pilot ended by town; special‑education and UPK expansions planned
Summary
The Riverhead Central School District wellness committee reported that a composting pickup the town previously provided for a food‑waste recycling pilot has ended and that the district would have to arrange transport to continue the program.
The Riverhead Central School District’s wellness committee on Tuesday reported that a pilot food‑waste recycling program begun at Riley Avenue Elementary last year will not continue with town collection services.
Keith Graham, the district’s food services director, told the committee that the pilot—under which food scraps were collected at Riley Avenue, consolidated at the high school and picked up weekly for composting—was successful but that the Town of Riverhead has discontinued its pickup. Graham said the district had planned to expand the collection to all seven schools; after the town ended the service the district purchased…
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