§ 20-33 Zero Waste Plan.
RCNY § 20-33
Each awardee and its designated carters must comply with the terms of the awardee's zero waste plan. Such plan must, at a minimum: a. Detail the awardee's practices to support waste reduction, reuse and recycling among commercial establishments within the zone or zones covered by the Agreement with the Department under which the awardee is operating, including but not limited to partnerships with local organizations, waste reduction or diversion targets, customer outreach and education or other practices to further such goals; b. Detail how the awardee will work with customers to promote compliance with the City's recycling laws and rules, increase the amount and quality of designated recyclable material diverted from the refuse stream, and increase overall diversion through waste reduction, reuse and recycling; c. Include a protocol for notifying a customer of significant designated recyclable material content in the customer's refuse and recommending to the customer steps to improve compliance with the City's recycling requirements and to increase diversion of designated recyclable material from the refuse stream; d. Include plans for offering organics collection services to a broad range of establishments within the zone, including the awardee's specific plans for providing organic waste collection services to customers that are not designated covered establishments pursuant to § 16-306.1(b) of the Administrative Code in accordance with the requirements of § 16-1002(c)(5) of such code; and e. Include a plan to provide commercial waste generation audit services to customers and/or reimbursement to customers for commercial waste generation audits performed by a third party, including but not limited to: i. A description of whether the awardee will contract directly with a third party waste audit company or offer reimbursement to customers; ii. The awardee's prices for third party waste audit services and/or reimbursement rates for such services; iii. How the awardee will promote access to commercial waste generation audit services to a broad range of commercial establishments including small businesses, in the zone or zones covered by the Agreement with the Department under which the awardee is operating; and iv. Specific methods, if any, of utilizing commercial waste generation audit services to support the Department's zero waste goals. (Added City Record 11/16/2021, eff. 12/16/2021*) * Editor's note: For specific effective date provisions, see the editor's note at 16 RCNY Ch. 20.
