{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-environmental-conservation-law-27-2205","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 27-2205","heading":"Waste transporter responsibilities","body":"§ 27-2205. Waste transporter responsibilities.\n  1. Any waste transporter that collects food scraps for recycling from\na designated food scraps generator shall:\n  (a) deliver food scraps to a transfer facility that will deliver such\nfood scraps to an organics recycler unless such generator has received a\ntemporary waiver under subdivision three of section 27-2203 of this\ntitle; or\n  (b) deliver such food scraps directly to an organics recycler.\n  2. Any waste transporter that collects food scraps from a designated\nfood scraps generator shall take all reasonable precautions to not\ndeliver those food scraps to an incinerator or a landfill nor commingle\nthe material with any other solid waste unless such commingled waste can\nbe processed by an organics recycler or unless such generator has\nreceived a temporary waiver under subdivision three of section 27-2203\nof this title.","path":["Environmental Conservation Law","Article 27. Reduction, Collection, Reuse, Recycling, Treatment and Disposal of Solid Waste","Title 22. Food Donation and Food Scraps Recycling"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/ENV/27-2205","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"6ee14a932573ebc264f8e773515f5ebdbb9ab52ab59806815be9e3fb08a8bf0f","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-environmental-conservation-law-27-2203","next":"us-ny/n.y.-environmental-conservation-law-27-2207"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}