FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FOR INCREASED FOOD RECOVERY & FOOD SCRAPS RECYCLING MOLLY BAKER & KRISTINE ELLSWORTH

VARIOUS FUNDING MECHANISMS NYS Budget Bill ESD & Food Banks ESD & Large Generators Climate Smart Communities NYSAR3 Green Schools P2I Grants and Technical Assistance

$2M EPF Farm to Food Bank Tax Credit

$2 M I L L I O N Recycling Equipment for Municipalities Revised Part 360 $2M Addt l from NYS Budget

Farm to Food Bank Tax Credit Farm businesses now eligible to receive up to a $5,000 tax credit annually for 25% of their donation measured at fair market value. Eligible recipients of food: A 501 (c)(3) nonprofit food bank, food pantry, soup kitchen or other hunger relief emergency food site. Effective January 1 st, 2018

Empire State Development Funding $4 million - Large Food Scraps Generators $2 million - Food Bank Association of New York State

Large Generators Match Program For further information: Website: https://www.rit.edu/affiliate/nysp2i/food/ Email: nysp2i@rit.edu Phone: 585-475-2512

Food Bank Association of New York State $2 MILLION - match program Fundable Items: Collection Vehicles Shelving/Containers/Totes/Bins Roll of boxes/trailers Other diversion equipment (i.e mobile sorting equipment)

Foodlink Mobile Pantry

Food Bank of CNY Pantry Annex Cold Trailer

CLIMATE SMART COMMUNITIES 50/50 MATCH; REIMBURSEMENT $10K - $2M GRANT MAX 15% DESIGN AND ENGINEERING

FOOD SCRAPS TO WWTFs FOOD DONATION PROGRAMS

CSC Previous Awardees Erie County Correctional Facility Awarded $694k for planning, design, and construction of an on-site food waste composting operation Also received a grant for their Climate Smart Communities certification UCRRA Awarded $261k for commercial customer bins, planning, and equipment, as well as a pilot food recovery study at the county Law Enforcement Center City of Cortland Awarded $152k to partner with Organix Green Industries to manage SUNY Cortland cafeteria and other commercial food wastes through a pilot vermicomposting facility

Climate Smart Communities Grants Consolidated Funding Application opened May 1 st Deadline: July 28 th @ 4PM https://apps.cio.ny.gov/apps/cfa/ Contact: Nancy Welsh, Climate Policy Analyst NYSDEC, Albany nancy.welsh@dec.ny.gov

Pollution Prevention Institute Capital Funding Community Grants Program Business Assistance

Funding: $10,000 - $20,000 Eligible (Must be NYS-based): COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS (non-profit) LOCAL GOVERNMENT (city, town, county, primary and secondary schools) RAISING AWARENESS AND CHANGING PRACTICES AT THE LOCAL LEVEL Grants are 1 YEAR in length Next Application Request Period: Expected January 2018 Contact Information: Kate McArdle - kwmp2i@rit.edu (585) 475-2399

Feeding the Hudson Valley

RESULTS 3,085 lbs plus 216 eggs and 1,200 cookies Total meals serviced/provided: 1,440 640 given away on walkway 800 donated to area charities 430 lbs of produce donated https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njwoog3maf4

East New York Farms! Hired a Compost Coordinator to staff a composting table at weekly Farmer s Market Conducted 2 composting workshops for public Led tour of composting operation Hosted a Compost Challenge for 33 youth interns

2017-2018 Community Grant Awardees Hudson Valley Regional Council ofunding to host the second annual Feeding the Hudson Valley to generate awareness about food waste Radix Ecological Sustainability Center ofunding to further develop their compost collection program in Albany, NY in order to divert food waste from landfills

Past Community Grant Awardees NYS Restaurant Association Education Foundation Assisted restaurants in the NYC and Lower Hudson Valley region to better manage food waste Adirondack North County Association Educational programming to move towards a source separated organics diversion program for the region Pratt Center for Community Development Evaluated Bronx CookSpace s waste systems Seedfolk City Farms Provided 17 week hands-on educational composting program for elementary students in Rochester

Pollution Prevention Institute Capital Funding Community Grants Program Business Assistance Projects Brief Assistance

Pollution Prevention Institute - Projects Project Costs: $15,000 - $50,000 Must be NYS-BASED company Provides technical assistance P2I funding OFFSETS 90% of project cost 3 years of post project reporting NON-CAPITAL expenses only Typical projects take 2-4 MONTHS

Pollution Prevention Institute Brief Assistance Must be NYS-BASED company Provides technical assistance NO COST <1 DAY of work NON-CAPITAL expenses only

NYSAR3 Green Schools Project Costs: $500 Purpose: Support programing around the 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) Eligible: Public and privates schools grades K-12 in NYS Contact Information: Kristen Lilkas Green Schools Committee nysar3greenschoolsgrants@gmail.com

NYSAR3 Green Schools Elizabeth Blackwell School ofunds for materials to support an existing cafeteria waste composting effort such as aprons, gloves, and T-shirts for the school Green Team to wear during their sorting and education shifts. Seton Catholic School o Set up cafeteria waste composting initiative with a large 5-section tumbler system. Hendrick Hudson High School Green Club o An environmental after-school club worked to raise awareness in their high school by incorporating recycling and composting into their gardening program. Working with their food service director, food scraps were diverted to their composting pile.

Molly Baker Environmental Engineer, NYS DEC Organics Reduction and Recycling 518-402-8706 Molly.Baker@dec.ny.gov Kristine Ellsworth Environmental Engineer, NYS DEC Organics Reduction and Recycling 518-402-8706 Kristine.Ellsworth@dec.ny.gov