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Plastic bottles move along conveyor belts as they are sorted for recycling at the Sims Municipal Recycling facility in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., on Thursday, May 29, 2014. New York is trying to reduce the $350 million it spends each year dumping in distant landfills by converting organic waste into fuel and compost. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Plastic bottles move along conveyor belts as they are sorted for recycling at the Sims Municipal Recycling facility in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., on Thursday, May 29, 2014. New York is trying to reduce the $350 million it spends each year dumping in distant landfills by converting organic waste into fuel and compost. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images