11.   The students are generally interested in the recycling efforts, he added.

12.   The two remaining market sites, one vacated more than a decade ago while the other is nearly empty, are also the focus of recycling efforts.

13.   While promoters conceded that their recycling efforts fell short of what they hoped for, they contended that they left the property in better shape than they found it.

14.   However, regardless of recycling efforts, the dump site remains the key component of any disposal system.

15.   Some activists and public officials, while welcoming government recycling efforts, have argued that companies should be responsible for taking their products back once they have become obsolete.

16.   The rest was used for state-funded recycling efforts, Watson said.