(DNAINFO)  Amy Zimmer — A hundred city schools are about to save the earth — one less garbage bag at a time.

The departments of sanitation and education are about to kick off a “zero waste” pilot program this winter in which participating schools will either reuse, recycle or compost all of their paper, food waste and other trash so none of it ends up in landfills and incinerators.

The schools will be on track to eliminate all recyclables and compostables from their trash bins within five years, according to a recently released DSNY report on its school and residential compost program.

Source: 100 ‘Zero Waste’ Schools to Eliminate Trash in Next 5 Years – Upper West Side – DNAinfo.com New York