Energy

Assembly Member Richard Bloom’s Legislation Allows More Grocery Stores To Refuse to Take Back Empty Bottles and Cans During Recycling Crisis; Senior Speaks Out In New Video

June 29, 2021 · Liza Tucker

Los Angeles, CA — Legislation backed by the waste hauling industry and authored by Santa Monica Assembly Member Richard Bloom would make fewer grocery and...

Why Does West LA’s Assembly Member Richard Bloom Not Want Nancy To Have A Place To Recycle?

June 29, 2021 · Mark Reback

KTTV FOX TV-11 LA: Gas Prices Keep Going Up And Will Go Higher Starting July 1st

June 23, 2021 · Mark Reback

Spectrum News 1 LA: We Pay CRV, But Where Can We Get Our Money Back?

June 22, 2021 · Mark Reback

KNBC TV-4 LA: Health Impact Of Inglewood Oil Fields Disproportionately Hurts Minorities

June 22, 2021 · Mark Reback

KGO ABC TV-7 SF, CA: Bottle Bill Reform SB 38 Passes CA Senate

June 4, 2021 · Mark Reback

Bill Assigning Responsibility For Recycling Bottles & Cans To Beverage Industry Passes CA Senate In Major Consumer Victory

June 3, 2021 · Jamie Court

Sacramento, CA — SB 38 (D-Wieckowski), a bill to overhaul the state’s bottle deposit program by forcing the beverage industry to create an accessible recycling...

KCBS TV-2 Los Angeles, CA: CRV Recycling In California Is Broken

May 27, 2021 · Mark Reback

Waste Haulers: The Square Peg in the Circular Economy

May 26, 2021 · Liza Tucker

This exposé explores the reasons for the failure of California’s bottle deposit system, which currently has a 57% redemption rate, and puts the blame on the...

Waste Haulers Are Driving California’s Bottle Deposit System Failure, New Report Reveals, As Lawmakers Consider System Run By Beverage Industry

May 26, 2021 · Liza Tucker

Los Angeles, CA— A muckraking report on the reasons for the failure of California’s bottle deposit system, which currently has a 57% redemption rate, puts...

Undercover Video Shows West LA Senior Citizen Illegally Refused Bottle and Can CRV Deposit By Grocers Due To “Covid,” Stockpiles Thousands of Cans

May 25, 2021 · Liza Tucker

Los Angeles, CA — Nancy Hannickel, 75, a long-time resident of West Los Angeles, has bags of thousands of bottles and cans in her yard...

KTTV FOX TV-11 LA: CA Gas Prices $1 More Than Rest of U.S

May 24, 2021 · Mark Reback