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1. Inducements and concessions land New York a paper plant.

Subjects
*PAPER recycling, *WASTE recycling
Abstract

Reports on the plan to build a paper recycling plant in Staten Island, New York City. Economic and environmental benefits of the paper plant; Site-specific labor agreements with the unions; No strike pledge with Building & Construction Trades Council of Colorado on other sites.

Published
1996

2. Plans to Build Paper Recycler In South Bronx Are Called Off.

Author

Forero, Juan

Subjects
*PAPER recycling, *WASTE recycling
Abstract

Reports that the plan to pursue a paper-recycling plant in New York City, New York was stopped. Why the plans for the plant falter; Detractors of the plan; Plant that is being built.

Published
2000

3. Paper Profits That Failed To Materialize.

Author

Tierney, John

Subjects
*PAPER recycling, *WASTE recycling, *RECYCLED newspapers
Abstract

Discusses Allen Hershkowitz's plan of building a mill in the Bronx for recycled newsprint. What he wanted to accomplish with the plan; Amount of money that was spent to plan the mill; Why the project was formally abandoned in July 2000.

Published
2000

4. Back to Recycling.

Subjects
*WASTE recycling, *PAPER recycling, *GLASS containers, *FEASIBILITY studies
Abstract

This article presents editorial related to recycling of wastes in New York City. Recycling in New York City didn't entirely go away in the last two years. But it got as confusing as a game of Twister. In the summer of 2002, the programs for glass and plastic were suspended. Metal and paper recycling continued. While the city may have had the best of intentions in suspending parts of the recycling, the experiment did not produce the savings predicted. For confirmed recyclers, tossing bottles in the trash again brought a certain trauma, or a thrill of rule-flouting.

Published
2004

5. Tough struggle for major recycling project.

Subjects
*WASTE recycling
Abstract

Reports on setbacks of the Bronx Community Paper Company, a paper mill recycling project in New York City. Conflicts based on personalities, gender, race, ego, traffic and regulatory procedure; Lawsuit filed by a dissident local group under the New York Environmental Quality Review Act; Pullout of the company's subsidiary.

Published
1995

6. No to Plastics And Glass; Yes to Paper And Metal.

Author

Cardwell, Diane

Subjects
*WASTE recycling, *BUDGET
Abstract

Reports on the decision of the city government of New York City to suspend temporarily the recycling of plastics and glass because of budgetary constraints.

Published
2002

7. On-site systems installed for food, paper residuals.

Subjects
*WASTE recycling
Abstract

Reports on the installation of small-scale in-vessel recycling systems for food and paper residuals in two sites in New York, N.Y. Installation of a unit designed by Green Mountain Technologies in a hospital in Queens; Installation of a unit designed by Wright Environmental at the City College in Manhattan; Capacity of the units.

Published
1996

8. A new life for a polluted old Bronx rail yard.

Author

Holusha, John

Subjects
*RAILROAD yards, *WASTE recycling
Abstract

Reports that a proposed paper recycling plant will be constructed on a former railroad yard site in the Bronx, New York City. Plans to redevelop the rail yard; What the recycling plant will specialized in; Comments from Joseph Fiteni, a principle engineer with TAMS Consultants; Information on the NYC Paper Mill, the recycling plant.

Published
1997

9. Paper recycling mill.

Subjects
*WASTE recycling
Abstract

Reports on a 40-acre parcel on Staten Island, New York City as the site of a new linerboard mill utilizing recycled feedstock. Australian firm Pratt Industries' plan to build the facility in late 1995; Phases of the project.

Published
1995

10. Glass Recycling and Weekly Pickups Will Resume Today.

Author

DePalman, Anthony

Subjects
*SANITATION, *GLASS, *PLASTICS, *METALS, *PAPER, *WASTE recycling, *WASTE management
Abstract

Announces the resumption of the full recycling of glass, plastic, metal and paper in New York City after a disruption of almost two years. Discussion of the changes in the program; Number of workers hired by the Sanitation Department for the new recycling duties; Identification of the factors for a recycling program to become successful.

Published
2004

11. Sorting Refuse Would Be a Snap If Only They Could Sort the Rules.

Author

Newman, Andy

Subjects
*WASTE recycling, *SANITATION, *MUNICIPAL services, *GOVERNMENT policy
Abstract

Describes the confusion surrounding the new rules and schedules of the reintroduced recycling program in New York, N.Y. Full weekly recycling of glass, plastic, metal and paper to resume on April 1, 2004; Items that may or may not be recycled; Views of people who recycle and those who do not.

Published
2004

12. Report Calls Recycling Trash Costlier Than Just Dumping It.

Author

Lipton, Eric

Subjects
*WASTE recycling, *WASTE management
Abstract

Focuses on the cost of recycling metal, plastic, paper, and glass in New York City. Evaluation on the cost of getting rid of trash versus recycling by the Department of Sanitation; Growth of cost for recycling; Cost figures for recycling.

Published
2004

13. One person's recycling bin is another's newsstand.

Author

Thomas, Jo

Subjects
*RECYCLED newspapers, *WASTE recycling
Abstract

Refers to an article on page 39 (Recycling catches on in more ways than one) concerning the newspaper recycling program set up by Metro-North at Grand Central Terminal in New York City. The success of the program; The `secondary recyclers' who pull out papers to read; Recycling programs at other locations.

Published
1994