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| November 12, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Crain Communications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Joe Truini

New York will continue its public space recycling pilot program after releasing some interesting, and rather frank, results.

In order to boost recycling from commuters and pedestrians, the New York Department of Sanitation set out several collection containers in parks throughout the city's five boroughs and the Staten Island Ferry's two terminals in March to see how effective a public space recycling program would be.

Surprisingly, the amount of contamination in the paper bins was relatively low, less than 5 percent. But the contamination was much higher in the bins for metal, plastic and glass containers, nearly 37 percent, and …

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