Dive Brief:

• The National Solid Waste Management Association is against a bill that would cap a percentage of waste in New York City that can be serviced by a single district.

• If the law is passed, tipping fees for businesses would increase by up to $100 million each year.

• NSWMA's New York City chapter contains a large number of transfer stations challenged by the cap, including 50 haulers.

Dive Insight:

According to Waste 360, NSWMA vice president David Biderman said that if Intro. 1170 is adopted, it will be sending "the wrong message about investing in recycling and waste diversion infrastructure in New York." The NSWMA maintains that they are developing and investing in new technology that contains many of the same goals advocates are seeking.