New York solid waste plan calls for disposal surcharge, expanded food diversion requirements

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is calling for a series of measures to increase recycling of the state’s total waste stream to 85% by 2050, including developing a universal EPR framework, expanding organics recycling and implementing a disposal surcharge for all disposed waste. It announced the proposals as part of the agency’s 10-year solid waste management plan,… 

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