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.
(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
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