"California's bottle bill recycling program has needed fixing for 40 years," she said. "With SB 1013, not only are we putting in place the tools to tackle recycling a half billion glass bottles a year, but we are also creating the opportunity to keep recycled glass and manufacturing jobs ...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Californians will have a better idea of what's headed for landfills instead of recycling centers under one of several related bills that Gov.
Californians pay more than $1 billion in recycling deposits annually but few people bother to redeem the empties. The state’s sparse redemption system is largely to blame. A new law could help grow and modernize bottle recycling and give consumers significant returns. C...
“The margins are probably a little bit better on a fancy pair of running shorts than they are on a bottle,” Pederson said. It’s not just brands that have noticed supply is tight: recyclers have become concerned as well. Donlevy of Ming’s Recycling, who is also a member of the St...
California Embarks on Complex Bottle-Recycling ProgramJay Mathews
California also requires manufacturers of glass containers, trash bags, and newspaper to meet minimum standards for inclusion of recycled materials in their products. Back in 2016, California voters approved the country’s first statewide ban on single-use plastic shopping bags at grocery stores, ...
The recycling institute withdrew its support, saying the grants would put "a strain on the ability of the program to operate with financial sustainability." Consumer Watchdog backed the distributors' cooperative portion of the bill, which is similar to previous legislative proposals. That option "co...
Bottle to bottle: a guide to achieving closed loop recycling for California's PET beverage containers California scrap bottles are among the highest quality available and are ideal to be turned back into bottles via a closed-loop, or "bottle-to-bottle"... D Mazmanian - Dissertations & Theses...
Richard Valle
Cutter whiskey bottle, did he experience a sense of striking it rich? (Was he prone to compulsion?) Discarded glass bottles were certainly easier to find than gold. In the first decade of the city’s existence, demand for bottles was high, and supply was low. When Francisco arrived in ...