New York Times
July 1, 2002
Recycling of Glass and Plastic Ends Monday

The city's recycling program will be drastically scaled back starting
today, as the Bloomberg administration, in a money-saving move, halts
the recycling of glass and plastics.
Paper recycling will continue as before.
Metal recycling will continue as well for aluminum foil and trays, cans
and wire hangers.
But glass and plastic bottles, jars and jugs should now be discarded
with garbage, along with beverage cartons. (Beer and soda bottles with a
nickel deposit can still be redeemed at stores.)
City officials have softened their threat to leave improperly sorted
recycled materials at the curb, a practice that critics said would lead
to rampant litter.
That policy will remain in effect only until next week, by which time
officials said improperly sorted materials would simply be taken to
landfills with other trash.