Natural Upcycling

An excerpt- New York State’s Food Donation and Food Scraps Recycling Law becomes effective on January 1, 2022. Business that generate an annual average of 2 tons/week or more of wasted food are required to donate excess edible food, and recycle all remaining food scraps if they are within 25 miles of an organics recycler (composting facility, anaerobic digester, etc.). The proposed regulations to implement the law (comment period ends April 27) also include food waste depacka...ging facilities that are within 25 miles of a generator. In the aggregate, I don’t think New York State has enough infrastructure at this time to manage the food waste required to be recycled, notes Noble. There are definitely pockets of the state with adequate infrastructure, but in general, not enough. One key to compliance is collection, and Natural Upcycling is equipped to meet that demand. However it is critical to address contamination when making the shift from landfill to increased donation and recycling. From an agricultural perspective, we would love for the industry to evolve where it values clean organics. Ultimately, haulers can be powerful in that space playing a frontline role in incentivizing food rescue and source separation into clean organics streams. More here: https://www.biocycle.net/servicing-the-food-recovery-hiera/

Our ranking was released today via the "2020 Rochester Chamber Top 100" livestream! We're ranked #54--not too shabby! More here (we're on page 27 in this digital magazine): https://issuu.com//07_02_2020_top_100_supplemental_digital

Harry Cohen and Natural Upcycling are doing some pretty great things in Philly! ..."The Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market reduced its waste by 80% in less than six months after hiring professional help...." More here: https://www.thepacker.com//philadelphia-wholesale-market-d

We are humbled to be named to the 2020 Rochester Chamber Top 100 today. This award recognizes our company’s growth, accomplishments and hard work demonstrated to operate a growing business in a challenging economy. Thank you @greaterrochesterchamber @RochesterChambr !! #roctop100

New York.... concrete jungle with the POTATOES! We teamed up with RiverFund-NY to transport 40,000 lbs of potatoes and 4,000 gallons of milk to Brooklyn. There's nothing we can't do, now we're in New York!