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A
quick look around P.S. 15 in Red Hook Monday showed&nbsp;students
sitting down for lunch today but no plastic being used.

P.S. 15 is just one of the many schools across the five
boroughs that participated&nbsp;in the plastic-free lunch day. The Red
Hook school had their first schoolwide plastic-free lunch day a few
years ago, and over 700 New York City schools joined to participate today.

Students
and staff were inspired after learning about the ways that climate
change disproportionately effects communities of color and women.

The
cherry on top for this green day in our schools? Students made sure to compost
any waste left behind.

PS 15 students in Brooklyn have inspired thousands of other students in the NYC school system to participate in plastic-free lunch day.

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Let's get back to that bitter blast coverage first time of the year we're doing this or this season and it's rough and it's lasting too long, Scott. Yeah, but it's not going to last for that long. We're gonna be back towards the fifties as we go to the end of the week, but still bundle up. If you're heading outside, it's gonna feel like the twenties all day long. We're gonna be looking at this throughout the city going to feel like the twenties. But then as we go later on tonight, from sunset into the overnight towards Wednesday morning, yes, it's going to feel like the teen. So definitely bundle up, wear the scarves, the gloves and anything that keeps you nice, warm and toasty. Maybe even a cup of cocoa because it is brisk. It is biting wind. It is blustery, but it's still beautiful outside. Look at a gorgeous view over Coney Island this morning. 34 is what it is right now. But that wind out of the west 16 MPH makes it feel like the twenties and that's the way it's going to be all day long because we're not just seeing the cold air, not just seeing the wind we're seeing. Yes. The dread of that's where some snow flurries coming on in from the Great Lakes. But because of this dry air, it might not come down here in the city. We are going to be seeing that chance this afternoon. So definitely prepare for that. It's going to be beautiful. A few festive flakes. Nothing much though as we go into the afternoon, mainly between two and six is when we can expect that. Use the hashtag N 12 Storm watchers take a picture. Then things turning clear and cold as we head into Wednesday morning and gusty winds as well. 10 to 30 MPH. Tuesday, a little less breezy as go Tuesday and Wednesday, but still biting cold. So definitely prepare for that anchor down those holiday decorations if you haven't done so already, upper thirties to around 40 today, cold windy going to feel like the teens tonight. But then we are looking at cold weather Wednesday, then back to the fifties Friday with a chance of rain. That's your look at your hyper local forecast, Scott.

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Brooklyn students & staff inspired to host plastic-free lunch day at school

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Can you imagine a school lunch without any plastic? Well that's exactly what thousands of students in New York City public schools experienced today. News 12's Caroline Blackburn. Got a seat at the table for the environmentally friendly feast. Students at PS 15 in Red Hook are chowing down for lunch. But you won't see anyone using plastic here. That's because it's plastic free lunch day on the menu. Pizza, Broccoli and oranges all served without plastic. We're using things instead of plastic so we don't need to carry with. So we have paper trays and food that isn't wrapped. Students and staff came up with the idea after finding out climate change disproportionately affects communities of color and women. Now it's become a tradition. We had our first schoolwide plastic free lunch day a few years ago and this year spread all over new york city. So we're reaching over 700 new york city schools and plastic free lunch day leading up to today, students here spent months in the classroom learning about the long lasting effects of littering plastic makes a big impact on the earth. And when we put plastic on the floor and we litter it goes into the ocean and it contaminates the foods that we eat. Like there's a lot of animals dying and in the ocean and people are just just throwing it in the ocean and don't care about anything. Fish and sharks are eating the plastic and when we eat fish like we get plastic in us to furthering their impact. Students also composted any waste that was left behind in Red hook Caroline Blackburn News 12.

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