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New York City still lags behind other major metropolitan cities in the U.S. when it comes to comprehensive recycling efforts. But at least some sort of effort is being made to catch up:

The Bloomberg administration has set a goal of doubling the amount of garbage it diverts from landfills over the next five years.

"If we're going to be the most innovative city in the world, we also have to be the greenest – because that's how you attract the most talented individuals and most forward-looking companies," Mayor Bloomberg is expected to say in his prepared remarks.

Well...duh!

The efforts still fall far short of what many other American cities are doing, but environmentalists who have followed the New York's waste management over the years said they were cautiously optimistic.

"It's encouraging to hear the mayor's personal commitment to issues that have not received the attention that they've deserved," said Eric A. Goldstein, a senior lawyer with the Natural Resources Defense Council. "As always, it's the details of the plan and the ability to implement them that's the challenge."

The fact that you can't recycle #5 plastics (like yogurt cups) in New York City is just ridiculous, of course. C'mon, Bloomie...speed it up!

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