Dive summary:

• Last year Buffalo, N.Y. rolled out 70,000 green curbside recycling bins to help their goal of increasing the cities recycling rate from 8% to 16%, so far they have only been able to reach 12%.
• Buffalo recycling rates are about one-third of the national average, which is about 34%.
• Mayor Byron Brown says the progress isn’t good enough and Buffalo needs to bring the rate higher, at the same time he is being accused of numerous actions that block the progress of higher recycling rates.

From the article:

"It's not good enough," Brown said. "We want to see curbside recycling increase significantly."

The city's overall recycling rate - which also includes yard waste, tires and electronics - rose from 8.5 percent to 13.6 percent. Despite the improvement, Buffalo lags far behind the national average of 34 percent.  ...