Dive Brief:

• A conservation group made recommendations to New York City about ways to improve its organic waste diversion efforts.
• The report was prepared by the New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund and outlines ideas for increasing its organic waste processing capacity, ways to create incentives to reduce waste production, and discovering alternatives to waste collection. 
• A portion of the city’s long term plan is to ramp up production of residential and commercial collections focused on organic waste. One plan starts on July 1 and requires food businesses to recycle scraps.

Dive Insight:

The group suggests maximizing the capacity of anaerobic digesters at wastewater treatment plants, establishing a pilot program to create franchise zones for commercial organics, and to promote the use of organic grinders installed in sinks. Other recommendations include starting a pay-as-you-throw system and to examine the city’s wastewater treatment system capacity.