This report details six evidence-based recommendations for how we can ensure that pro-recycling policies are also pro-business.

The Transform Don’t Trash NYC coalition believes that as the city expands and enforces its recycling regime, it must also create
efficiency, price transparency, and substantial cost savings for high-diversion businesses – none of which can be achieved by the
current, disorganized commercial waste system. Dozens of diverse cities have successfully adopted variations of a system in
which private carters agree to charge low, equitable prices for recycling, compost, and garbage services in exchange for the right
to serve a stable customer base in a designated commercial district.