SoCal Connected: California’s Recycling Woes (VIDEO)

SoCal Connected: California’s Recycling Woes (VIDEO)

October 6th, 2019 - Did you know that a lot of the items you put in your recycling bin still end up in landfills? California is drowning in plastic and manufacturers are spending millions to keep their products on the shelves. KCET Read More

International embrace

International embrace

October 6th, 2019 - While most U.S. programs are suffering from acute neglect – resulting in resulting closures of more than 1,300 redemption centers and backsliding redemption rates – outside the U.S., the numbers tell a different story. In January 2017, nearly 300 million people worldwide had access to deposit laws. Since then, 12 new programs have been announced in quick succession, with the largest in India, Turkey, the United Kingdom and Romania. By the time all of these programs are implemented over the next two years, they will cover another 300 million people, doubling the number of individuals covered from just two years ago. Read More

Stakeholders deserve to know how Pepsi will meet new packaging goals

Stakeholders deserve to know how Pepsi will meet new packaging goals

September 23rd, 2019 - With companies lining up in recent months making commitments to groups like As You Sow and Ellen MacArthur Foundation's New Plastic Economy project on plastic packaging, it is important to understand if companies will actually follow through on ambitious commitments. Read More

Recycling cans and bottles is hard enough. These bills could make it nearly impossible

Recycling cans and bottles is hard enough. These bills could make it nearly impossible

September 10th, 2019 - Upton Sinclair would have a muckraker’s field day with the rotten scraps of failed legislation the grocers lobby packed into two last-minute bills that just appeared Saturday through a process called “gut and amend.” The bills – Senate Bill 634 and Assembly Bill 54 – would release grocery stores and retailers from their legal obligations to recycle. 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.

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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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