Packaged food waste is being sent to composting and AD facilities in large quantities, creating a contamination crisis that is having a significant financial impact on these operators. This surge is being driven by government food waste regulations and manufacturers creating mountains of off-spec, expired and unmarketable goods. In this interview, Corey Rossen from Ecoverse, a provider of environmental processing equipment technologies, discusses the sources of contamination, the problems it causes in facilities, and how waste operators can deal with it.