California’s Biggest Bottle Redemption Center Chain Closes
Los Angeles, CA — Consumer Watchdog said the closure of the largest operator of bottle redemption centers in the state, rePlanet, today…
Aug 5, 2019Liza Tucker is a Consumer Advocate for Consumer Watchdog, following everything from California’s regulation of oil and gas to toxic substances.
Prior to joining Consumer Watchdog, she worked for a decade at Marketplace Radio, the largest, most-listened-to business and economics broadcast show in the U.S. airing on hundreds of public radio stations nationwide. She served as an editor and producer for both Washington and Sustainability news.
Prior to that, Liza worked as a staff writer for the Washington Post and freelanced her way through the fall of the Soviet Union for the Wall Street Journal, Newsweek and Time Magazine. She has also worked as a consultant, teacher, and translator from Russian to English. She holds a B.A. from Oberlin College and an M.F.A. from Columbia School of the Arts. She lives in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles, CA — Consumer Watchdog said the closure of the largest operator of bottle redemption centers in the state, rePlanet, today…
Aug 5, 2019Letter to the Editor by Liza Tucker July 18, 2019 https://www.bakersfield.com/opinion/letter-to-the-editor-newsom-put-us-first/article_ddb401d2-a824-11e9-b945-d34e7e54b689.html The governor’s dismissal of the state’s top oil regulator was no…
Jul 18, 2019Los Angeles, CA—Consumer Watchdog has asked the Newsom Administration to avert the closure of more recycling centers that redeem empty glass, aluminum,…
May 30, 2019Update 4/24/19 5 PM: Senator Stern agreed to amend his legislation to remove more exemptions from recycling for grocery stores in response…
Apr 23, 2019Op-Ed Commentary by Liza Tucker of Consumer Watchdog, THE MERCURY NEWS April 10, 2019 Opinion: Californians lose big as grocers renege…
Apr 10, 2019State’s recycling program regulator, CalRecycle, failing to ensure stores take back containers Op-Ed Commentary by Liza Tucker of Consumer Watchdog, THE MERCURY…
Apr 10, 2019Op-Ed Commentary by Liza Tucker for THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY TRIBUNE April 6, 2019 California fails a big recycling challenge In California,…
Apr 6, 2019ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The opinions expressed in this report are solely those of Consumer Watchdog and do not reflect the opinions of the Container…
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