New redemption law puts squeeze on bottle and can recyclers

New redemption law puts squeeze on bottle and can recyclers

January 18th, 2014 - CA - Francisco Morataya drives a vanload of empty bottles and cans to Victar Recycling Center in Echo Park every week or so to supplement his wages as an office janitor.  Read More

CalRecycle retools under proposed state budget

CalRecycle retools under proposed state budget

January 16th, 2014 - CA - California Gov. Jerry Brown has recommended a series of cost-saving changes to strengthen the state's cash-strapped yet successful beverage container recycling program.  Read More

Exclusive: Kum & Go Grows its Recycling Efforts

Exclusive: Kum & Go Grows its Recycling Efforts

January 14th, 2014 - IOWA - WEST DES MOINES, Iowa -- Known as one of the industry’s greenest retailers, with its embrace of energy-efficient building and biofuels, Kum & Go LC is also making a huge commitment to recycling at the pump.  Read More

10-cent bottle fee: Slam dunk for environment or consumer nuisance?

10-cent bottle fee: Slam dunk for environment or consumer nuisance?

January 14th, 2014 - Minn - Six years ago, the state decided that by 2012 Minnesotans should be recycling 80 percent of the billions of drink containers they use every year — a lofty goal that would keep it at the forefront of waste reduction nationally.  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.

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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.

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