A new bottle recycling bill has been passed in Sacramento. Authored by North Bay State Senator Bill Dodd, the bill is aimed at bolstering California’s beverage container recycling program, reducing the amount of plastic and glass going into landfills and helping to stabilize the recycling market. The bill adds fruit and vegetable juice containers to the state’s bottle recycling law, putting another 200 million containers per year into the recycling stream. It also invests new ongoing funding to support rural recycling options for consumers to redeem their deposit and improve recycling rates. It also allows the state to adjust payment calculations every quarter rather than once a year and improves transparency on recycling metrics.
Bill Passes Allowing Fruit and Vegetable Juice Containers to Be Recycled in California
