BioCycle | The Organics Recycling Authority

Top: A map highlighting New Mexico’s “Clean Fuel Feedstock Assets” includes a number of dairies — good candidates for generating RNG via anaerobic digestion. Image courtesy New Mexico Environment Department
New Mexico became the fourth state to pass a Clean Fuels Standards, following in the footsteps of California, Oregon, and Washington. State Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed House Bill 41 (HB41) in March. The clean fuel standard is designed to reduce...

Top: New York State’s 10 Feeding America member food banks reached a five-million-pound edible food collection milestone in October 2023 as part of the ongoing disposal ban implementation. Image courtesy Feeding New York State
Several states’ organics disposal bans or mandates have carve outs for edible food recovery, including California, New York, and most recently, Washington state. A question that arises is how effective this policy initiative is at actually recovering...

Top: Urban community garden overlooking the New York City skyline. Photo by Nora Goldstein
A paper published in November 2023 in Environmental Health Perspectives maintains that compost produced from urban food and yard waste may contain contaminants such as pesticides, lead dust and PFAS that are harmful to humans and the environment, compromising...

Top: An aerial image taken during a Carbon Mapper survey of U.S. landfills in partnership with Arizona State University Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science. Methane plumes observed by Carbon Mapper during aerial surveys at a landfill...