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Newsom Unveils Bottle Recycling Plan

By Dustin Gardiner, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE April 6, 2022 https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Newsom-proposal-California-would-open-more-17052423.php SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration unveiled a $330 million proposal Friday that aims to breathe new life into California's ailing bottle...
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S.F. Bottle Recycling Program Draws Ire Of Advocacy Groups

By Dustin Gardiner and J.D. Morris, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE April 5, 2022 https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/sf-bottle-recycling-17052505.php When San Francisco launched its mobile recycling program at the start of the year, city officials hailed the "first-of-its-kind"...
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California Plans To Invest In CRV Program

Gov. Newsom's budget calls for investing $155 million to expand mobile recycling and reverse vending machine locations. By DeAnne Toto, RECYCLING TODAY April 4, 2022 https://www.recyclingtoday.com/article/california-budget-crv-program-investments/ A new plan outlined in California Gov....
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California Has $600M In Unclaimed Can, Bottle Deposits

By Don Thomson, ASSOCIATED PRESS April 2, 2022 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/california-has-600m-in-unclaimed-can-bottle-deposits/2022/04/01/a4783bbe-b21b-11ec-9dbd-0d4609d44c1c_story.html SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is sitting on a $600 million pile of unclaimed nickel and dime deposits on recyclable cans and bottles...
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Consumer Watchdog Applauds Newsom Administration Investment In Recycling

Los Angeles, CA -- The nonprofit group Consumer Watchdog today praised the Newsom Administration and CalRecycle for investing hundreds of millions of dollars of the unredeemed bottle and can...
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CalRecycle Announces $330 Million Proposal to Increase Recycling, Double Current Consumer Refunds

By Evan Symon, CALIFORNIA GLOBE April 1, 2022 https://californiaglobe.com/articles/calrecycle-announces-330-million-proposal-to-increase-recycling-double-current-consumer-refunds/ In a press release on Friday, the California Department of Resources, Recycling, and Recovery (CalRecycle) announced that they would be bringing a new $330 million...
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KGO ABC TV-7 San Francisco, CA: SF’s “Revamped” Mobile Recycling Program Needs More Revamping

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KGO ABC TV-7 San Francisco, CA: San Francisco’s New Recycling Program Review

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Energy

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 third to last place...
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KGO ABC TV-7 San Francisco, CA: SF’s New Recycling Program Not All It’s Cracked Up To Be

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