Solid Waste & Recycling Newsletter 

Virtual NYS Organics Summit: Agenda Now Available

The 7th annual NYS Organics Summit: Growing a Resilient Tomorrow will take place virtually April 13 - 15, 2021. This yearly event is an opportunity to connect with over 175 materials management professionals from New York State and beyond to share success stories and discuss creative solutions to barriers that restrict the sustainable management of organic materials, with a specific focus on wasted food and food scraps. Register now.

April 13, 2021 Virtual Sessions

• Ready, Set, Go! NYS Tackles Wasted Food through State & Local Law
• Compostable Ware: Is It Right for You?
• Composting is Power

April 14, 2021 Virtual Sessions

• The Road Forward: A Chat with Industry Professionals
• Composting Markets: Finding Your Niche
• Ask the Experts: Outreach in Your Community
• Time to Bag It Up? – Developing a Bagged Product
• Growing Community Compost Infrastructure

April 15, 2021 Virtual Sessions

• Addressing a Changing Climate with Organics Management
• Unpacking Depackagers
• Up and Coming Organics Recyclers – A Focus on Micro-Haulers
• Marketing Strategies for Tackling Residential Food Waste
• Ask the Experts: Composters Technical Expertise

Events

• Monday - Friday: Household Toxics Drop Off - Onondaga County
• March 13, 2021: Composting 101 with Eme Nieves and Shasti Balasundaram - Virtual
• March 13, 2021: Crazy for Composting: Food Waste Edition - New York Botanical Garden - Virtual
• March 20, 2021: Green Up Your Clean Up - Virtual
• April 10, 2021: E-Waste, Paper Shredding and Drug Take Back - Town of Brookhaven

Conferences, Workshops & Webinars

• March 23, 2021: Proposed Part 350 Webinar - Register Now!
• March 25, 2021: USCC Municipal Parks & Composting: A Natural Partnership - Webinar
• April 7, 2021 1:00pm & 6:00pm: DEC Part 350 Public Comment Hearings - Virtual
• April 13 - 15, 2021: NYS Organics Summit

DEC Proposed Regulations

• January 27, 2021 - April 27, 2021: Proposed Part 350 Public Comment Period

Funding/RFP Opportunities - Application Deadlines

• March 19, 2021: Keep America Beautiful Community Grant Application
• March 31, 2021: The Recycling Partnership Polypropylene Recycling Grant Program
• April 1, 2021: CREF Compost Research College Scholarships
• Rolling Deadline: NYSP2I Food Waste Reduction & Diversion Reimbursement Program

We Want To Hear From You!

Is there a topic you'd like to learn more about or a public event or workshop related to recycling (organics, textiles, traditional recyclables, etc.) you'd like the greater community to know more about? E-mail us at organicrecycling@dec.ny.gov and it could be featured in an upcoming Solid Waste & Recycling Newsletter.