Sacramento, CA— Consumer Watchdog called upon the Senate and Assembly budget chairs to investigate the Department of Finance’s understatement of available funds in CalRecycle’s budget...
By Liza Tucker, CAL MATTERS https://calmatters.org/commentary/2023/06/bottle-recycling-overhaul-california-consumers/ Californians pay about $1.5 billion in recycling deposits (opens in new tab) every year on beverages from bottled water to beer....
Los Angeles, CA— Consumer Watchdog released a report today outlining what CalRecycle, the state’s recycling regulator, should do beginning at its public workshop on April...
Los Angeles, CA — A landmark new package of laws expanding and reforming the broken bottle deposit system could increase consumer access to bottle deposit...
Newsom signs measure environmental groups have urged since 1980s to reduce litter By Paul Rogers, BAY AREA NEWS GROUP September 28, 2022 Empty wine and...
‘The amended bill added $400 millions in grants ‘for major corporations that don’t need it’ By Evan Symon, CALIFORNIA GLOBE September 29, 2022 Newly Signed...
By Shawnte Passmore, KMAX CBS TV Sacramento, CA September 6, 2022 https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/bottle-recycling-bill-includes-wine-and-spirit-bottles/ SACRAMENTO – Lawmakers are hoping the governor signs a bill to expand the...
By Megan Quinn, WASTE DIVE September 2, 2022 https://www.wastedive.com/news/california-bottle-bill-wine-spirits-glass-expansion/631125/ Dive Brief: A significant update to California’s bottle bill, SB 1013, will add wine and distilled spirits...
Opinion column by Jim Shields, MENDOCINO BEACON September 1, 2022 I’ve always thought California’s preeminent citizens’ advocacy organization is Consumer Watchdog (“CW”). This week, the...
By Don Thompson, ASSOCIATED PRESS September 1, 2022 https://apnews.com/article/california-recycling-climate-and-environment-5764cb82719ea35ae1907934ccb4a870 SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California would add wine and distilled spirits containers to its struggling recycling...
By Marissa Heffernan, PLASTICS RECYCLING UPDATE August 31, 2022 Amendments to Calif. bottle expansion bill bring big changes Last-minute amendments to California bottle bill expansion...
