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

§ 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 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 section 27-2203

of this title.