Tag: Recycling
Undercover Video Shows West LA Senior Citizen Illegally Refused Bottle and Can CRV Deposit By Grocers Due To “Covid,” Stockpiles Thousands of Cans
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...
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KGO ABC TV-7 San Francisco, CA: SB 38 Would Fix California’s Broken Bottle and Can Recycling System
KNBC TV-4 LA: Most California Grocery Stores Won’t Redeem Bottles and Cans
Consumers Deserve Their Money Back —Support SB 38
KPIX CBS TV-5 San Francisco, CA: CA Lawmaker Proposes Bill To Make Getting A CRV Refund Easier For Recyclers
Bill To Save Collapsing Bottle Deposit System Passes First Legislative Hurdle
Los Angeles, CA — SB 38 (D- Wieckowski), a bill to save the collapsing bottle deposit system by putting the responsibility for recycling empty CRV...
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Opinion: Why Californians Don’t Get Their Bottle and Can Deposits Back
Op-Ed Commentary by Liza Tucker, Consumer Watchdog for The Mercury News March 13, 2021 Opinion: Why Californians don’t get their bottle and can deposits back...
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75% of Whole Foods Markets Abandon Bottle and Can Recycling As Redemption Rate Sinks To 58% And Groups Back Fundamental Deposit Reform
Los Angeles, CA— With redemption centers closing at a record pace, now major supermarket chains that must choose to either redeem bottle deposits in store...
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Consumer Redemption Rate Stands At 58.9%; Governor And Legislature Must Make Bottle Returns Convenient, Says Consumer Watchdog
Los Angeles, CA — The latest data on the bottle and can redemption rate for 2020 for the first eleven months, put out by the Governor’s recycling...
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Consumer Bottle Redemption Rate Falls To 58%, Major Overhaul Of Container Recycling Program Inescapable, Says Consumer Watchdog
Los Angeles, CA — Between July and September of 2020, the rate of consumer redemption of empty beverage containers fell another two percentage points to...
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Big Drop In California Redemption Rate? State And Group Don’t Agree
By Colin Staub, RESOURCE RECYCLING November 3, 2020 Big drop in California redemption rate? State and group don’t agree Advocacy organization Consumer Watchdog recently noted...
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