City expanding food-waste program

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David Giambusso

New York City will expand a pilot program this fall that takes uneaten food from the waste stream and converts it into pipeline-quality natural gas.

If successful, the Department of Environmental Protection hopes the progam will provide valuable information to the renewable energy industry while also leading to a significant reduction in the city's carbon output.

Converting the waste will reduce truck traffic, landfill pollution and reliance on traditional fossil fuels for energy, city officials said.

"We're looking at avoiding approximately 90,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide which is equivalent to 19,000 vehicles being taken off the road," said Anthony Fiore, director of the D.E.P.'s Office of Energy.

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