Parks recycling trial

Hold that bottle, carry that can, and tote that newspaper to one of the new recycling receptacles being placed as a test in public areas around town.
In an effort to jumpstart this new recycling effort, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said, “The environmental challenges facing our planet are so big and so complex that they often feel far beyond our individual control. However, the simple fact is, if we all step up to the challenge and do our part, together we can make a big difference.”
This new program will run for about three months, placing recycling bins in public parks around the five boroughs. “Our initial test sites will include Columbus Park in Brooklyn, Poe Park in the Bronx, Union Square Park in Manhattan, Hoffman Park in Woodhaven Queens, and Tappen and Clove Lake Parks in Staten Island,” Bloomberg said.
“We will also have bins at the Whitehall and Saint George terminals of the Staten Island Ferry,” Bloomberg added. Along with the recycle bins, there will be a lot of publicity for this new program throughout the city. There will be posters on bus shelters and payphones and there will be free bottled water handed out at Whitehall Terminal labeled with information pertaining to the new recycling initiative.
The goal of this program is to have 70 percent of waste being recycled by the year 2015.