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The article focuses on a series of events celebrating the opening of an exhibition of paper and paperboard objects organized by the Museum of Contemporary Crafts and the Container Corp. of America in New York City. The first event is a preview at the museum. A paper concert is held at the Time and Life Building. "A Street Event" to demonstrate the efficacy of soluble paper.

Focuses on Japanese architect Shigeru Ban's projects which highlight the use of cardboard tubes as building material. Sculpture garden at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City; Japan Pavilion at the International Expo 2000 in Hannover, Germany.

The article reports that thieves are running away with bundles of corrugated cardboard left at the curbside for garbage pickup. It says that it is crime wave that is sweeping over the New York City streets in which it is costing the commercial carting industry millions of dollars. According to Dominick Icantalupo, vice-president of Chelsea Sanitation Service, his business blends between 500 and 600 dollars a night due to paper pilferers. Moreover, the city has taken steps to address the thefts.

The article focuses on the author's experience as he watched the eclipse of the sun from the Bronx in New York City. The author and his companions drilled a tiny hole in a piece of cardboard, and after a few minutes of jiggling, focused the image of the sun as projected through the hole onto another piece of cardboard. As the tiny spot of light changed from a circle to a crescent, a group of children gathered around them to watch.

The author examines the operational or regulatory factors that contributed to the fatal accidents involving garbage trucks in New York City. He describes two accidents that happened in Brooklyn and Queens. He notes that carters' adjustment of their collection schedules to try to get to the cardboard left out by customers before they are stolen is not good for safety. He claims that carters are forced to operate on narrower margins because of the city's rate caps.