![[Solid Waste Resource Renewal Group]](http://njaes.rutgers.edu/_common/images/subheads/swrrg.gif "[Solid Waste Resource Renewal Group]"){kind=small}
ROUTE ONE NODE PROJECT
The simple desire to recycle food waste does not guarantee a lower price for recycling than for disposing of the same material. If a generator who does not have enough food waste to justify an entire route for its food waste is separated geographically from other food waste generators willing to recycle, initiating recycling without planning may not be fully cost effective. It is crucial to create a node with other food waste generators using the same hauler to collect food waste on the same route. To do this, it is crucial to identify and audit the generator's "wasteshed," which includes not only those other entities which generate food/organics residuals in the same area, but also those community support entities which have a potential interest in facilitating food/organics residuals recycling, including governmental and business support entities.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) is one such governmental entity. It has partnered with us to create an initial "Route One" Node, which will identify and map food waste generators along the Route One Corridor in New Jersey, from Trenton to Woodbridge. SWRRG has been collecting data points for each generator in Mercer and Middlesex Counties, and USEPA will provide the mapping for these data points.
Please contact us to make sure that your information as a generator is included in the Node database or to get involved in Route One Node events which we are currently planning.
