California Has A Recycling Problem
April 26, 2021 | Scott Rodd
The triangular, “chasing arrows” doesn’t mean an item can be recycled through curbside pickup.
April 26, 2021 | Scott Rodd
The triangular, “chasing arrows” doesn’t mean an item can be recycled through curbside pickup.
August 20, 2018 | Nadine Sebai
Recyclers are struggling to figure out what to do with their scraps as China, their once-largest customer, placed a ban on nearly 25 types of imported waste at the beginning of the year.
April 17, 2017 | Daniel Potter
A California senator hopes to reformat the decades-old recycling system by including wine and liquor bottles as recyclable goods. His bill would also require a percentage of bottles from manufacturers to come from recyclables.
May 3, 2016 | Steve Milne
The fight against illegal tire dumping in California will get a little more muscle. CalRecycle, the state's recycling agency, announced today that it's awarding $5.7 million to 36 local jurisdictions for managing used tires and waste.
February 17, 2016
(AP) - Gov. Jerry Brown proposes spending more than $176 million for testing and cleanup of properties contaminated by lead around a former Exide Technologies battery recycling plant in Los Angeles County.
February 8, 2016 | Rich Ibarra
rePlanet, California’s largest recycler, closed 191 recycling centers and laid off almost 300 people.
January 12, 2016 | Amy Quinton
Californians should now have a place to recycle used mattresses for free.
December 29, 2015 | Ed Joyce
Most cities and counties have free recycling services for Christmas trees, including the City of Sacramento
November 12, 2015 | Ed Joyce
Permits to cut Christmas trees go on sale soon in the Lake Tahoe Basin.
October 27, 2015 | Ed Joyce
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is providing more than $30 million to California and Nevada native tribes for water quality and environmental restoration projects.