Tag: recycling
CalRecycle Announces $330 Million Proposal to Increase Recycling, Double Current Consumer Refunds
In a press release on Friday, the California Department of Resources, Recycling, and Recovery (CalRecycle) announced that they would be bringing a new $330 million proposal to the California legislature to greatly increase mobile recycling and reverse vending machine programs...
CalRecycle Loses $200 Million a Year Due to Bottle Deposit Fraud
According to a just-released Consumer Watchdog report, the bottle deposit program of the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) loses at least $200 million a year to criminals. The report notes that criminals use many fraudulent methods to...
Why is California’s ‘More Water Now’ Ballot Initiative Already Under Attack?
California has a long history of squandering its precious water. In 2014, California voters approved $7.12 billion in bonds for state water supply infrastructure projects. Of that, $2.7 billion was designated for water storage projects. But nearly 8 years later,...
AB 881 to Allow ‘Truly Recyclable Plastic’ to be Counted Towards Recycling Goals
On October 5, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 881 by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego), dealing with plastic recycling. Section One of the bill adds Section 41781.4 to the Public Resources Code to provide that the export...
Depleted California Reservoirs Threaten Hydro Power, Agriculture, Drinking Water
In 2014, California voters approved $7.12 billion in bonds for state water supply infrastructure projects. Of that, $2.7 billion was designated for water storage projects. But nearly 8 years later, there are no new dams or reservoirs, or other water...
California Drought Response: Water Board Cuts Off Water to Thousands of Farms
The California State Water Resources Control Board announced that thousands of farmers in the Central Valley up to the Oregon Border will have their water curtailed until winter, the Globe reported Wednesday. The order “targets 4,300 ‘junior’ water rights holders...