Schreiber High School students Brady Bailly, Edna Keeney-Bailey, Jack Steinberg, and Lila Hershman have led a successful campus initiative to reduce single-use plastics across the Port Washington School District. Working alongside school administration, the students are helping establish sustainable practices for the future.
The students, who are interns with Transition Town Port Washington, have visited all five of the Port Washington elementary schools to speak about recycling practices, and have raised awareness about ways to reduce single-use plastic. The students also helped implement plastic-free lunch days across the district. Outside of school, they have made several trips to Albany to lobby state legislators for plastic-reduction legislation and presented with environmental advocates across Long Island about the dangers of plastic to our health and communities.
"With all the plastic waste accumulating in cafeterias across the country, we realized just how important it was to improve sustainability at our own school,” says Steinberg. “We thank the Port Washington School District for partnering with us to make this initiative possible, and we hope to raise even more awareness about sustainability across the schools in the future. It is really incredible to see that students can spark important change at our school.”
Through this initiative, the Port Washington School District is doing its part to reduce plastic waste from entering landfills and waterways each year. This is one of the many steps the District is taking to support a greener, healthier, Port Washington community.
Schreiber students: Jack Steinberg, Edna Keeney-Bailey, Brady Bailly and Lila Hershman.
