N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law Section 27-2205
Waste transporter responsibilities

1.

Any waste transporter that collects food scraps for recycling from a designated food scraps generator shall:

(a)

deliver food scraps to a transfer facility that will deliver such food scraps to an organics recycler unless such generator has received a temporary waiver under subdivision three of § 27-2203 (Designated food scraps generator responsibilities)section 27-2203 of this title; or

(b)

deliver such food scraps directly to an organics recycler.

2.

Any waste transporter that collects food scraps from a designated food scraps generator shall take all reasonable precautions to not deliver those food scraps to an incinerator or a landfill nor commingle the material with any other solid waste unless such commingled waste can be processed by an organics recycler or unless such generator has received a temporary waiver under subdivision three of § 27-2203 (Designated food scraps generator responsibilities)section 27-2203 of this title.

Source: Section 27-2205 — Waste transporter responsibilities, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/ENV/27-2205 (updated Apr. 19, 2019; accessed Jun. 21, 2025).

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