So while consumers have shown surprising willingness to set aside recyclable trash, they haven't been encouraged to buy products made of that stuff.

The recyclable trash is removed from the trash room daily by building maintenance workers, who store it in a specially marked bin for removal by the city every week.

He shooed away several onlookers as the truck, with a jerk, lifted the Dumpster full of recyclable trash.

First, if the market for recycled materials improves, the city will pay less in fees for its recyclable trash.

In order to pay for her school books, she often collected recyclable trash that had been dumped in the streets.

Frequently, recyclable trash ended up mixed with regular garbage, piled high against telephone poles or overflowing in bins on the street.

The stainless steel bins are more than four feet high and six feet wide, with separate slots for recyclable and nonrecyclable trash.

Her kitchen decor now includes several cans for recyclable trash.

The State Legislature, for its part, passed a $26 million measure last month that mandates separation of recyclable trash by 1992.

Now he has hit the recycling program with a $29.8 million cut that will reduce pickups of recyclable trash in most parts of the city.