Twelve percent of the town's garbage is already being recycled.
About 28 percent of Seattle's garbage, 2,500 tons a month, is now recycled.
Officials expected residents to set aside 15 percent of their garbage, and initially, collectors took in 20 percent or more.
Private haulers pick up about 40 percent of the city's garbage, or some 10,000 tons a day.
Landfills in other states currently take 31 percent of the city's garbage.
After an intensive effort, the city is recycling only 14 percent of its garbage.
The city now recycles about 14 percent of its residential garbage.
A city law will require 25 percent of the New York's garbage to be recycled by 1994, more than four times the current rate.
In 10 years we're supposed to have 200 more plants taking in 33 percent of our garbage.
Residents are separating about 6 percent of the city's garbage.
