Organics Infrastructure and Services Forum Feedback and Comments

Please provide your thoughts and feedback from the Organics Infrastructure Forum in the space below. Thank you for attending and we look forward to continuing this dialogue!

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* 1. Contact info:

Name

Company/ Organization/ Department

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* 2. The proposed activities of the Organics Infrastructure Initiative include:

Engaging with stakeholders on design and implementation of procurement opportunities for infrastructure and organics diversion services to support increased organics processing capability in the state, and to significantly increase accessible, affordable organics diversion from the MSW stream.

Facilitating municipal interest in hosting infrastructure.

Engaging with stakeholders on opportunities/efforts to improve the transparency, predictability, and efficiency of DEEP permitting for organics infrastructure.

Staying informed on legislative proposals that can strengthen organics diversion.

The proposed scope of infrastructure and services that will be addressed/considered in the Initiative:

In scope:

Donation programs, commercial-scale Anaerobic Digestion, commercial compost facilities, on-farm anaerobic digestion, and animal feed facilities

Organics collection services including curbside and co-collection services, transfer stations, transfer station drop-off and technical assistance & enforcement for diversion mandates.

Not in scope: biosolids/sewer sludge

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* 3. Are the proposed activities of the Organics Infrastructure Initiative what we should be focusing on? (open ended)

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* 4. Which organic materials (food scraps, yard trimmings, biosolids, etc.?) do you want to see included in this initiative?

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* 5. What do you need to develop or expand infrastructure?

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* 6. Are there any organizations working on removing food scraps/ organic material from the waste stream that were missing from the discussion?

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* 7. Do you have ideas on how to reduce food waste or best use composted final products? What is missing from this dialog in this system?

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* 8. What more do you want to know about or see discussed in this initiative?

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* 9. Anything else we should know?