RECYCLING REVERSAL.

• Position: Recycling in New Jersey - Brief Article

As images of the floating barge of trash fade, recycling does too. New figures released by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection show recycling in the state is dropping, and experts fear it will continue to fall. The 1998 figures show recycling dropped to 55 percent from an all-time high of 61 percent of all trash in 1997. Two factors are cited: the lowest state landfill tipping fees in decades ($40 a ton) and the end of the state recycling fund...