Recycling
California May Add WIne, Liquor Bottles To Recycling Program
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 program, while giving beverage dealers another option...
Amendments To Calif. Bottle Expansion Bill Bring Big Changes
By Marissa Heffernan, PLASTICS RECYCLING UPDATE
August 31, 2022
https://resource-recycling.com/plastics/2022/08/31/amendments-to-calif-bottle-expansion-bill-bring-big-changes/
Last-minute amendments to California bottle bill expansion legislation would remove the daily fee opt-out for retailers and instead require them to either...
11th Hour Deal On Bottle Deposit Bill Steals $400 Million From Consumer CRV Funds For Gallo and Glass Bottle Manufacturers
Los Angeles, CA — SB 1013 (Atkins), a bill expanding the bottle deposit system to include wine and distilled spirits, is also loaded with pork for major corporations that...
Consumer Watchdog Unveils Top 10 Signs of California’s Shattered Bottle Deposit System, Urges Governor To Act Fast To Fix It
Los Angeles, CA -- With two weeks left in the legislative session, Consumer Watchdog today urged Governor Newsom to reform a hopelessly shattered bottle deposit system via a budget...
Another Sonoma County Recycling Center Is Closing, Leaving Consumers With Even Fewer Local Options To Redeem Bottles And Cans
By Marisa Endicott, SANTA ROSA PRESS-DEMOCRAT
August 13, 2022
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/another-sonoma-county-recycling-center-is-closing-leaving-consumers-with-e/
It soon will get even harder to score a bit of extra cash in Sonoma County for turning inbottles and cans.
One of...
KCRW 89.9FM NPR Santa Monica, CA: Consumer Watchdog Report Shows New Recycling Program Is Not Cutting it
By Tara Atrian, KCRW 89.9FM NPR Santa Monica, CA
July 18, 2022
Click here to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.
Consumer Watchdog's new report shows California's new recycling...
Report: Pilot ‘Mobile Recycling’ Programs Aren’t Fix for California’s Crumbling System
By Brooke Staggs, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Appeared in: Los Angeles Daily News, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Pasadena Star-News, Whittier Daily News, Long Beach Press-Telegram, Torrance Daily Breeze
July 15, 2022
https://www.ocregister.com/2022/07/15/report-pilot-mobile-recycling-programs-arent-fix-for-californias-crumbling-system/
The concept...
Bottle Deposit Pilot Programs to Help Refund Consumer CRV Are Crashing and Burning, Consumer Watchdog Reveals
Los Angeles, CA — CalRecycle is banking on pilot programs around the state, including “mobile” return pilots, to make it easier for consumers to get California Redemption Value (CRV)...
Brewers Need Cans. California’s Broken Recycling System Is Making Them Hard To Find
By Sofia Fernandez, LOS ANGELES TIMES
July 12, 2022
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2022-07-12/california-beer-breweries-can-shortage-recycling
Cindy Le, the operations director at Almanac Beer Co. in Alameda, had customers lining up for her Black Magic IPA and Peaceful...
Should There Be a Higher Bar to Call Products ‘Sustainable’?
As the FTC updates its guidance on green marketing, some advocates are pushing it to provide clarity on commonly used (and abused) terms.
By Saijel Kishan, BLOOMBERG NEWS
July 7, 2022
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-07/what-makes-a-product-sustainable-vague-claims-can-mislead-shoppers
Sustainable. Natural. Carbon...
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