It is a long known fact that organic waste can be turned into valuable methane, used for cooking, heating or propelling vehicles.
Westchester is working on a pilot project to create a small scale bio plant at Greenburgh Nature center to convert food and organic waste into compressed gas to be used to run DPW trucks. What a fabulous project.
Please take a moment to read the following article that shows that Brooklyn is so far ahead of Westchester.
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/city-approves-project-turn-organic-waste-energy-article-1.1553123