Sustainability
Foam Packaging Ban Takes Effect
New Yorkers will have a lot less trash to take out, starting this year! As of January 1, 2019, New York City has banned single-use foam items and prohibits businesses, nonprofits, and agencies from selling or using any expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam food containers, such as single-service cups, bowls, plates, takeout containers, and trays or loose fill packaging. Since "food service foam" cannot be recycled in an environmentally effective manner, these items ultimately are sent to landfills. Thankfully for us, Metropolitan Food Services, our dining service provider, stopped using these containers over a year ago.
2018–19 Farm Share
Corbin Hill Food Project and Brooklyn College: Flexible, Affordable, Convenient
The winter farm share is officially back; distribution started Wednesday, January 16, 2019. Sign up today!
All shares include six to eight vegetables and one fruit. Popular add-ons include organic eggs, flour, and the winter fruit share. New 2019 add-ons include yogurt, cheese, and juice.
Share Prices
- Regular Share: $10 / week (Subsidized by a grant from City Council, this price is only available until June 2019.)
- All forms of payment are accepted.
- Make your payment a week prior to the distribution date.
Pickup
Wednesdays, 2:30–5 p.m., Cafeteria, Boylan Hall
Sign Up
More Information
- P: 718.951.5400
- E: sustainability@brooklyn.cuny.edu
- Flyer (pdf)
The mission of Brooklyn College's sustainability initiative is to create an overarching culture of sustainability throughout the entire campus community by raising awareness of, engagement in and commitment to reducing our carbon footprint through campus-based education, research, operations, community-based collaboration, and service. Our sustainability planning will take special recognition of the constraints, opportunities, and responsibilities attendant with our urban location in one of the most densely populated cities in the United States.
To advance this mission, in 2010 the college convened the Brooklyn College Sustainability Council and the Provost's Task Force on City-Based and Sustainability Education to evaluate sustainability on campus and make recommendations for improvements in seven pillar areas:
- Waste Management and Recycling
- Water
- Energy
- Procurement
- Food and Nutrition
- Transportation
- Outreach and Education
Goals for advancement in each of these areas are included in Brooklyn College's 10-Year Sustainability Plan.
This plan guides the college's green initiatives, in conjunction with the CUNY Sustainability Initiative and PlaNYC and in partnership with businesses, government, regional and citywide organizations.
