Tag: CalRecycle
KGO ABC TV-7 San Francisco, CA: San Francisco’s New Recycling Program Review
State Obscures Extent of a Half-Billion-Dollar Surplus of Unredeemed CRV Deposits As Redemption Rate Stays Stuck at 58%, Consumer Watchdog Says
Los Angeles, CA —The rate at which consumers take bottles and cans for direct deposit refunds stands at 58.8% as of November, keeping California in...
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It’s Time To Make CA’s Fraudulent Recycling Run Properly: Consumer Watchdog
Host – Steve Chiotakis, Guest – Liza Tucker, Consumer Watchdog – Greater LA, KCRW 89.9FM January 10, 2022 Click here to listen to the audio...
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Opinion: California’s Recycling Scandal Isn’t Just ‘Nickel And Dime’ Fraud. It’s Millions Of Dollars
Opinion By Thomas Elias, THE DESERT SUN January 10, 2022 https://www.desertsun.com/story/opinion/2022/01/10/californias-recycling-scandal-isnt-just-nickel-and-dime-fraud/9159015002/ In California’s recycling program, nickel and dime deposits add about $1.5 billion a year....
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KGO ABC TV-7 San Francisco, CA – Getting Your CRV Money In San Francisco Nearly Impossible
Failure of Bottle Deposit Program Costing Californians 750,000 Tons of Greenhouse Gases, The Equivalent of Putting More Than 160,000 New Cars On The Road
Los Angeles, CA — Inattention to California’s bottle deposit program is dramatically growing the state’s carbon footprint, according to analysis by the Container Recycling Institute...
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California Assembly Nixes Bottle Deposit Bill
By Staff Reporters, VENDING TIMES September 10, 2021 https://www.vendingtimes.com/news/california-assembly-nixes-bottle-deposit-bill/ The California Assembly failed to act on a budget proposal put forth by the Senate to...
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KABC 790AM LA: CA Recycling Revamp Bill Dies in Legislature
By Frank Mottek, KABC 790AM LA September 9, 2021 Frank chats with Consumer Watchdog’s Jamie Court on why California’s latest attempt to revamp it’s broken...
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California Assembly Stops Bottle Deposit Bill Fix For 2021 As Redemption Rate Drops to 56%
Los Angeles, CA—The California Assembly refused to act on a budget proposal put forth by the Senate to shore up Californian’s collapsing bottle deposit system...
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