Food scrap collection in multifamily housing

The New York State Pollution Prevention Institute has published two blog posts that outline best practices for starting food scrap collections in multifamily housing.

Before Diving In: Establishing a foundation for food scraps diversion programs for multifamily buildings provides advice from experts about how to build momentum from existing initiatives, examine all steps of the diversion process, recognize the importance of staff to a successful program, and understand the correlation between participant engagement and program buy-in.

Engaging tenants in food scraps diversion programs for multifamily housing explores ways of engaging residents and driving participation.

NYSP2I also offers a Toolkit for Building a Municipal Food Waste Strategy, a three-part guide to assist communities of all sizes with building realistic, result-driven programs for reducing wasted food.