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Step 1
Figure out a method for keeping your paper and metal separate from your regular trash. In NYC, where we tend to have much less living space available, this can sometimes be a challenge, but as long as you dispose of your recyclables regularly, you shouldn't find it too much of a problem. You can keep using your regular trash containers, but you need to keep two additional ones, designated for paper and metal/plastic/glass.
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Step 2
Paper recycling is not just limited to newspapers and envelopes. Cardboard, food packaging, magazines, cardboard tubes, and pizza boxes can all go too.
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Step 3
Items that you can toss into your plastic/metal/glass recycling bin include glass jars, milk and juice cartons, wire hangers, glass bottles, plastic bottles, metal cans, aerosol cans, and even household items like scissors (as long as its at least 50% metal).
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Step 4
Many apartments in New York City have designated trash cans (usually green for paper, and blue for metal/plastic/glass) where you can dump your recyclables. If not, you may have to put them out on the curb in your own bags. You'll want to get green ones for the paper and blue ones for the rest, or else find a way to mark them appropriately.
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mrieser said
on 7/2/2009 http://ec.environmentalcountdown.org/_How-to-Recycle-in-New-York-City/video/690581/4315.html
In two short minutes this video outlines the rules for recycling in New York City. The members of the Office of Recycling Outreach and Education deliver a candid performance as recyclable objects dance around their heads to illustrate how to recycle in the New York City curbside Recycling program. 35% of what we dispose of is recyclable in the New York City Recycling Program. Recycling is easy when you know the rules! The Office of Recycling Outreach and Education is a program of Council on the Environment of New York City. For more information visit http://cenyc.org" WWW.CENYC.ORG