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Proposals
Beacon Recycling & Transfer
A Hudson-adjacent transfer station that routes the Beacon–Fishkill corridor's MSW and has line of sight to the Dennings Point preserve — a community-visible site for a credible first pilot.
How this site was selected: Mapping layers pair feedstocks with infrastructure, the matrix approach (industrial/hauling, feedstock variation, pyrolysis, space/expansion) distills the strongest candidates, and the 25-50 mile coverage logic keeps proposals balanced. Read the methodology.
Why this site
Site-selection rationale
Beacon is the Hudson-facing transfer station in the ten. It routes the Beacon–Fishkill corridor's mixed MSW daily, and its line of sight to Dennings Point makes it one of the most community-visible candidates — which matters for the EJ overlay and for any first pilot that needs credibility with residents and the Hudson Valley's environmental groups.
On the matrix: industrial & hauling scores green (transfer throughput is stable); feedstock variation is moderate (MSW-led with growing food-waste-law diversion expected); pyrolysis potential is watch-list pending thermal siting studies; space for circular expansion is watch-list given Hudson-waterfront constraints.
For the coverage plan, Beacon pairs with the Dutchess RRA proposal downstream to give Dutchess its two-per-county allotment without clustering. The 25-mile radius reaches Wappingers Falls, Fishkill, and the southern Dutchess municipal cluster — enough scale to matter, small enough to stay defensible.
System diagram
Tip: open this in a new tab to zoom, then use it in meetings as a shared reference.
Biosolids flow snapshot
This 2015 snapshot shows how Dutchess County's biosolids moved across landfill, land application, and hauling lanes. Use it to frame constraints before you size anything.
Evidence & policy context
The drivers behind this proposal
The same forces that shape HVB's mission shape the case for this site — four policy and ecological drivers, grounded in a shared county-scale data resource.
Food waste diversion
Tie this proposal into New York's 2022 organics mandate and the diversion tailwind it has created.
Read the food waste law
Climate mandates (CLCPA)
Anchor the system in the state's methane and RNG-pathway accountability framework.
View the CLCPA pathways
Environmental justice
Screen this site against community burden and build benefits into the pilot from day one.
Explore the EJ policy
Invasive biomass loops
Consider whether invasive biomass streams (water chestnut, others) can contribute feedstock to this site.
See invasive biomass pilotsWhere to start
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