FIRST STEP?There is no first or any step.
Composting cannot be scaled or made economically viable because throughput is too slow and end products are of limited value.
Hundreds have tried. It is a mom and pop business catering to hobbyists.
Thus there is NO adequate return on invested capital which happens to be substantial.
The initial allure of politically generated and controlled tipping fees quietly and inevitably vaporize.
From a peak of $25 dollars we are now at heading under 40 cents. The easy money is long gone and not coming back.
ANRG is going to liquidation at best.