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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.