Dive Brief:

• BioHitech America recommends that New York City look at alternatives for disposing of commercial food waste.
• The green tech company, based in Chestnut Ridge, NY, urges the city to find solutions for the two million tons of waste it sends to landfills annually, as the city fails to introduce a meaningful strategy to solve mounting food waste issues. 
• The company said despite economic and logistical challenges facing the city, it must identify viable solutions to deal with food waste, including composting and anaerobic digestion.

Dive Insight:

The company suggests the city incorporate green technology that can set standards for alternative food scrap removal in cities throughout the US. BioHitech continues that if New York City adopts the technology to solve its organic waste issues, the move would be unprecedented, and the city would become a pioneer in commercial food waste diversion. 

Some states- Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Vermont, are on the forefront of diverting food waste via bans, while cities like Seattle, and San Francisco are introducing their own mandates aimed at the reducing the volume of organic waste entering the waste stream.