To recycle or not to recycle? Analyzing the New York City's recycling program suspension
by Tsai-Shiou Hsieh
Interdisciplinary Environmental Review (IER), Vol. 6, No. 1, 2004

Abstract: This article adopts a social-ecological perspective to analyze the recent recycling suspension in New York City. The author performed a historical analysis of urban recycling within an economic and political context. Modern urban recycling is moving from a small-scale, community-based activity to a consolidated, monopolized industry. The author has concluded that the suspension of NYC's recycling program was not accidental. It could hardly have been avoided under the current capital-dominated society. The most radical solution to the issue is to challenge the current non-sustainable political-economic system, yet it is important to remain aware of non-revolutionary strategies.

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