Is It Time to Increase or Eliminate Connecticut’s Bottle Bill?

Is It Time to Increase or Eliminate Connecticut’s Bottle Bill?

March 14th, 2017 - HARTFORD, CT — Several bills this year are aimed at improving or abolishing Connecticut’s decades old bottle bill. Read More

Single-stream recycling could come to Tacoma, but there are pros and cons

Single-stream recycling could come to Tacoma, but there are pros and cons

December 19th 2016 - Tacoma residents soon could recycle glass in the same blue container as plastic, cardboard and other materials, instead of having to keep them separated. Read More

California’s recycling blues

California’s recycling blues

December 14th, 2016 - In California, you can go a recycling redemption center. Often found in supermarket and strip mall parking lots; these are businesses where people can turn in used aluminum cans, plastic packaging and glass bottles and get cash in return. The amount received depends on the quantity of recyclables brought in. Read More

Columnist Bill Diamond: Make Northampton a Blue Community

Columnist Bill Diamond: Make Northampton a Blue Community

December 14th, 2016 - Northampton can be the first city in the U.S. to join the worldwide Blue Communities project. Each Blue Community, from Canada to Europe and Brazil, has passed a series of resolutions with global and local implications. Read More

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New beverage container deposit program bills. Expansion and repeal proposals. Sales, redemption rate and waste trends. Refillable bottle infrastructure. Extended producer responsibility.

CRI covers them all – and more – as the leading source of original research, objective analysis and responsible advocacy on the recycling of beverage containers.

Get the latest insights on our Publications and Letters and Briefings pages. Also visit our California DRS page for details on important upgrades made to the state’s beverage container deposit return program, but also the need for additional program reforms – in large part due to misreporting of its fund balance, which diligent work by CRI helped bring to light.

Plus, sign up for our Weekly Headlines e-newsletter for the latest beverage container deposit and recycling industry news, and check back for new information as we continue working to make North America a global model for the collection and quality recycling of packaging materials.

CRI offers a variety of membership and partnership options that provide a wide range of benefits, including complimentary registration to CRI webinars, technical assistance and more.

Review the options on our Memberships & Partnerships page and join us!

Find a wealth of data on metrics such as recycling rates, waste and sales for all beverage container types on CRI’s Data Archive page. Charts and graphs present key information in a user-friendly way.

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This counter represents the number of beverage cans and bottles that have been landfilled, littered and incinerated in the US so far this year
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