Bebeto Matthews/Associated Press New Yorkers, your days of expending precious brain cells trying to determine whether that yogurt cup or plastic takeout container goes in the trash or the recycling bin have come to an end. 

The city announced the biggest expansion of its recycling program in 25 years on Wednesday, saying all hard plastics would be accepted. This includes shampoo bottles and clothes hangers as well as countless toys and other household objects.“Starting today,” Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said at a news conference in City Hall Park, “if it’s a rigid plastic -– any rigid plastic -– recycle it.”