Bottle Bills in the News
California
- The ups and downs of CRV container recycling
Resource Recycling Electronic Newsletter. June 29, 2010
- California Auditor Finds Faults in Container Recycling Program
Recycling Today. June 24, 2010
- Calif.'s recycling program gets low marks from auditor
Waste & Recycling News. June 23, 2010
- A Tale of 3 budgets: State legislature grapples over dueling proposals
East County Magazine. May 27, 2010
- California nabs 31 in $3.5 million recycling redemption scam
Resource Recycling Electronic Newsletter. May 7, 2010
- 31 Arrested For Fraudulent Recycling
KPBS. May 5, 2010
- Appropriations Committee
Recycling Today. April 20, 2010
- California Hoping to Clean Up Bottle Bill Problems
Convenience Store News. April 11, 2010
- Schwarzenegger signs bottle bill fix
Resource Recycling Electronic Newsletter. March 15, 2010
- Calif. budgets funding for bottle recycling centers
Plastics News. March 10, 2010
- Cut to the corps: Budget raid hamstrings Sacramento Regional Conservation Corps
Newsreview.com. February 18, 2010
- Secrets to getting your bottle-and-can deposits back
OC Watchdog. January 18, 2010
- Stealing is plain wrong
(Letter to the Editor) The Union. January 13, 2010
- Recycling program to get needed funds: Governor plans to repay millions borrowed by state
Sign On San Diego. January 13, 2010
- More than half of SCC funding cut: Recycling: Program serves three counties.
Recorder Online. January 10, 2010
- Support recycling
(Letter to the Editor) The Sun. January 8, 2010
- California Beverage Container Recycling Program: No deposit, no return
Red Bluff Daily News. January 5, 2010
- Recycling centers fall victim to state's budget woes
Silicon Valley Mercury News. January 1, 2010
- Recycling centers fall victim to California's budget woes
Contra Costa Times. January 1, 2010
- Some state recycling funding cut: Sites: Porterville locations remain open
Recorder Online. December 31, 2009
- Recycling ravaged: Pollution-preventing businesses threatened by budget crisis
NewsReview.com. December, 2009
- MarBorg Buy Back Centers to Stay Open: Raid on Recycling Fund Sabotages Container-Refund Centers
Santa Barbara Independent. December 7, 2009
- Bottle bill: State budget raids threaten to undermine recycling program
(Editorial) Press Democrat. December 7, 2009
- Bottle bill battiness / Legislators must restore recycling fund
(Editorial) San Diego Union-Tribune. December 6, 2009
- State Trashes California’s Recycling Program
Mission Local. December 5, 2009
- Budget crisis imperils grocery store recycling centers
VC Star. December 4, 2009
- Loss of state payments forces closure of recycling facility
Barstow Desert Dispatch. December 3, 2009
- Beverage Container Recycling Woes
KQED Radio. December 1, 2009
- Recycling centers close, eliminating 'green' jobs: Operators are suing the state over its raid on deposit funds, and regional conservation groups have eliminated jobs for at-risk youths.
Los Angeles Times. November 30, 2009
- Billion-dollar bottle shock in Sacramento as a good green program gets a whack
(Opinion) Los Angeles Times. November 29, 2009
- Fraud possible in California recycling numbers
Plastics Recycling Update. November 25, 2009
- Recycling sites face shutdown amid budget raids
Sign On San Diego. November 28, 2009
- Even recycling gets caught in tough economy: Raids on the state program’s budget mean shutdown of dozens of supermarket sites
San Luis Obispo Tribune. November 24, 2009
- Suit challenges raids on beverage container recycling fund
Sacramento Bee. November 11, 2009
- Major Recycler Sues Over Beverage Container Fund Insolvency
California's Capitol. November 10, 2009
- Canners' Crisis
San Diego Reader. November 10, 2009
- California bottle bill veto could have severe results
Plastics Recycling Update. October 16, 2009
- California Governor Vetoes CRV Expansion
Recycling Today. October 13, 2009
- Governor vetoes recycling bill
The Record Searchlight. October 13, 2009
- California legislators must stop taking our money
(Opinion) Contra Costa Times. October 10, 2009
- We need recycling kiosks
(Letter to the Editor) Marin Independent Journal. October 3, 2009
- Here's the deal on CRV
Mercury News. October 2, 2009
- Bottle shock: Wine industry is missing in action from state's recycling program
(Editorial) Press Democrat. September 29, 2009
- Wolk bill to support beverage container recycling awaits Governor's signature. Bill would preserve thousands of green jobs, reduces litter, and puts program on path to sustainability.
(Press Release) Californians Against Waste. September 28, 2009
- California recycling measure may mean higher deposits and better returns
Los Angeles Times. September 28, 2009
- Schwarzenegger Administration Floats 25-cent Fee on Single-Use Plastic and Paper Bags
California's Capitol. August 31, 2009
- Companies accused of bilking state recycling program
The Press-Enterprise. August 8, 2009
- Tomra Pacific to Open New Recycling Center
Recycling Today. August 3, 2009
- Recycling centers may get trashed: State grabs cash and slashes payments to recyclers
Daily Press. July 20, 2009
- Tax on CRV
Daily Breeze. July 18, 2009
- CRV and fruit juice
Dailybreeze.com. July 14, 2009
- Julindra Recycling
The Daily Triplicate. March 21, 2009
- State should expand bottle bill, councilman says
InsideBayArea.com. February 27, 2009
- CRV and sales tax
Daily Breeze. February 20, 2009
2008
- Action Line: A taxing beverage deposit question
The Mercury News. December 3, 2008
- Recycling poachers a nuisance in San Anselmo
Marin Independent Journal. October 27, 2008.
- Who Killed Recycling in California This Year?
California Progress Report. September, 2008
- Bill proposes fees on more plastic containers to encourage California recycling
Sacramento Bee. August 2, 2008
- California Reaches Record Recycling Levels - Legislation Proposes Recycling Expansion:
SB 1625 up for vote today
California Progress Report. May 22, 2008
- Recycling rate increases sharply in California: State officials credit hike in refund value to nice, round figures
Los Angeles Times. December 29, 2007
- Cha-ching: More Californians redeeming cans, plastics
The Bakersfield Californian. December 28, 2007
- More Californians cashing in on recyclables
Los Angeles Times. December 24, 2007
- Plastics hindering recycling efforts: Too many of the light and popular containers are being thrown away
InsideBayArea.com. August 2, 2007
- Deposit for most will go up a penny starting Sunday
June 29, 2007. Copley News Service
- Deposit surplus on cans, bottles recycled: The state Conservation Department's plan to return millions of dollars to consumers turns into a 'gravy train' for special interests.
Los Angeles Times. February 4, 2007
