June 12, 2007 - ...to recycle since 1991, though they are not required to pick up bottles, cans and other items curbside.The state Department of Environmental Protection estimates about 30 percent of municipal solid waste statewide is recycled."We really need to do a better job, but when you are making it easier to throw away stuff, and harder to recycle it, you are really defeating the purpose," said Judy Belaval, an environmental analyst in the DEP's Bureau of Materials Management and...