NYC resumes glass recycling.New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of City's residential recyclables collection program was expanded to once again include glass beginning April 1. Additionally, New York City's Sanitation Commissioner John Doherty John Doherty is the name of:
"I feel that New Yorkers will continue to embrace the recycling program as they have in the past, and with a much better recycling processing plan than before the suspension in July 2002," Doherty says. Residents can place glass bottles and jars in clear plastic bags or blue labeled containers along with aluminum foil Noun 1. aluminum foil - foil made of aluminum aluminium foil, tin foil foil - a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal; "the photographic film was wrapped in foil" , metal cans, plastic bottles and jugs, beverage cartons and juice boxes. New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. residents have a 60-day moratorium from receiving summonses for not recycling glass bottles, jugs and jars. Glass and plastic were suspended from the recycling program in July 2002 because of severe budget cuts. Plastic recycling Plastic recycling is the process of recovering scrap or waste plastics and reprocessing the material into useful products, sometimes completely different from their original state. returned in July 2003, but collection of recyclables was moved to alternate weeks. |
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