For a decade now, the metal, glass and plastic that New Yorkers put in blue recycling bins at their homes for pickup by the Sanitation Department has been taken by truck or barge to the privately ...

For a decade now, the metal, glass and plastic that New Yorkers put in blue recycling bins at their homes for pickup by the Sanitation Department has been taken by truck or barge to the privately ...

Widespread confusion about recycling leads to many sustainably minded people tossing items in the single-stream bin that don’t belong there. Some things, including plastic bags, can be brought ...