Grocers Launch Last-Week-Of-Session Attack on Bottle Deposit Law; Seek Exemption From Recycling Responsibilities As Consumers Turn To Stores For Deposits

Grocers Launch Last-Week-Of-Session Attack on Bottle Deposit Law; Seek Exemption From Recycling Responsibilities As Consumers Turn To Stores For Deposits

September 9th, 2019 - LOS ANGELES, Sept. 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumer Watchdog today condemned eleventh-hour legislation by Senator Steve Glazer, SB 643, that would exempt thousands of grocery stores statewide from the obligation to recycle consumers' bottles and cans and return their five and ten cent deposits. The bill was amended Saturday to be heard during the last five days of the legislative session. Read More

Why are hundreds of California recycling centers closing?

Why are hundreds of California recycling centers closing?

August 7th, 2019 - Recycling centers -- those places where you bring your bottles and cans and get a little change in return – are closing. On Monday, nearly 300 of those centers were shut down across California, and 750 workers were laid off. Read More

How the plastic bottle went from miracle container to hated garbage

How the plastic bottle went from miracle container to hated garbage

August 23rd, 2019 - The moment the modern plastic beverage bottle changed the world’s drinking habits is difficult to pinpoint. The day New York supermodels began carrying tall bottles of Evian water as an accessory on fashion show catwalks in the late 1980s surely signaled the future ahead. Read More

Organ Mountain Outfitters lets you wear your plastic bottles with Eco-Tees

Organ Mountain Outfitters lets you wear your plastic bottles with Eco-Tees

August 29th, 2019 - LAS CRUCES - “We took a popular design and gave it a refreshed look with a shirt from one of our manufacturers,” says Chris Lang, Organ Mountain Outfitters owner. “We are now offering Eco-Tees, manufactured with 60 percent organic cotton and 40 percent recycled plastic bottles … with zero dye usage and zero water." Read More

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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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