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Proposals
WeCare Denali Rockland County Composting
An operating composting facility in Rockland County surrounded by four municipal WWTPs — the most directly-ready biosolids-integration site in the ten.
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
WeCare Denali is the only site in the ten with a commercial composter already operating inside the coverage radius. Orangetown SD No 2 STP, Haverstraw Joint Regional STP, Western Ramapo WWTP, and the Rockland County waste management campus all sit within the 25-mile spacing rule.
On the matrix: biosolids integration is the headline green (four WWTPs in radius plus an existing composting contractor is unusual); industrial & hauling is green through the established Rockland SD No 1 logistics; space is green on the composting facility's existing pad. Feedstock variation is moderate — primarily biosolids and municipal organics, with room to grow into food-waste-law streams as diversion accelerates.
For coverage, the Rockland core is 25 miles from NYC and pairs cleanly with the Wheelabrator Westchester proposal across the Hudson. Together they anchor the lower-Hudson crossing — a corridor that matters for the CLCPA methane targets and the state's RNG pathway.
System diagram
Tip: open this in a new tab to zoom, then use it in meetings as a shared reference.
Composting as a wedge: When the “collection + contamination” problem is solved, the region can later
add digestion, biochar blending, or nutrient recovery with far less friction.
Biosolids flow snapshot
This 2015 snapshot shows Rockland County's biosolids moving through landfill, hauling, and land application channels. 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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