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The article offers a striking example of how the regional suppliers and end users of various recycled materials can successfully coordinate on quality and meet requirements laid out in policy. Topics include the role of the Plastic Recycling Corporation of California (PRCC) in successfully managing the recycling of products at the state level; Several challenging events such as China's National Sword Policy, COVID closures, logistics disruptions, weak markets etc., and a brief history of PRCC.

"Since food packaging is a major source of litter in water and can contaminate compost, our precious water resources and food are at risk. California lawmakers have adopted several bills that will change the type of to-go packaging that can be used in restaurants across the state. [Extracted from the article]

SACRAMENTO - California agents arrested nine suspects in a move to dismantle an organized recycling fraud ring that stretched from Phoenix to Los Angeles. Californians are encouraged to report suspected recycling fraud or bottle redemption violations to CalRecycle's toll free number (1-800-RECYCLE) or via email at complaints@calrecycle.ca.gov. [Extracted from the article]

Help is on the way for areas in the state of California that no longer have California Redemption Value (CRV) recycling centers. California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed AB 54 by Assemblymember Phil Ting (D-San Francisco), which allocates $5 million to implement a mobile recycling pilot program administered by California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle). "AB 54 provides more flexibility and $5 million in funding for the CRV redemption pilot program for communities to increase convenient CRV redemption options for local consumers", says Lance Klug, public information officer for CalRecycle. [Extracted from the article]

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on October 12 vetoed AB 792, a measure that would have required beverage companies to use 50 percent recycled content in bottles by 2030. Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill Saturday to give California one of the toughest recycling mandates for plastic bottles in the nation. [Extracted from the article]

The article provides information on impact of closing California's Recycling Center on homeless people and downfall in recycling rate. Topics discussed include suffering of people dependent on money earned through waste collection, redemption in monetary values of beverage containers, and economic mobility.

The article informs that a survey conducted by CalRecycle has revealed that the State of California fell short of its 75 percent recycling goal in 2015. The survey found that California resident sent more material to landfill than 2014, causing the State of California's recycling rate to fall below 50 percent. It is noted that beverage container recycling rates in California have decreased below 80 percent for the first time since 2008.

The article discusses the stalled project of beverage container recycling in California.

(Bloomberg Businessweek) -- California's Recycling Crisis Sends Billions of Bottles and Cans Into Landfills But cheaper commodity prices, plus lower Chinese demand for America's used bottles and cans, have upended the economics of the state's recycling industry. About 700 of the 2,400 redemption centers California had in 2011 have closed, according to CalRecycle, the state's recycling agency, the majority in the past year. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports on the proposed changes on the Beverage Container Recycling Program of California to speed up payments to recyclers. According to California Department of Resources, Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) director Caroll Mortensen, the agency will be allowed to pay used beverage can (UBC) recyclers without holding claims for ensuring fiscal solvency. It also notes the California Redemption Value (CRV) fees.

The article reports on the problems discovered by an audit performed on California's Beverage Container Recycling Program that are inhibiting the program's success. The program was developed by the California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act in 1986 and mandates beverage distributors to do a redemption payment to the Beverage Container Recycling Fund for each qualified beverage container sold in the state. The auditor suggests implementing a new forecasting model to enhance forecasting of revenues and expenditures for the fund.

This article reports on the criticism received by a California program designed to increase the recycling rate of beverage containers from the California State Auditor in 2010. According to the auditor, the recycling program is flawed. The auditor expects the program to result in underpayment and delayed payments to participant. The auditor remands about the absence of a system to analyze recycled container data.

The article reports that three beverage container recycling facilities in California were ordered closed and its personnel arrested by Attorney General Edmund Brown Jr. for illegally claiming California Redemption Value refunds.

The article reports on the 76% increase in the recycling rate for bottles and cans in California in the first half of 2008. For the first six months, the recycling rate for aluminum used beverage cans increased by 85% while the recycling rate for plastic containers made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) increased by 63%. The state's refund incentives which took effect in 2007 calls for beverage drinkers to return beverage containers below 24 ounces in exchange of 5 cents and 10 cents for large containers.

Announces plans to introduce to California grocery stores in the fall of 1986. Addition of a vending machine where one can insert empty soda cans and coins drop in return; Earlier introduction of reverse vending machines in New York and Connecticut; Capabilities of the machines manufactured by Environmental Products Corp. in Fairfax, Virginia; Refunds from California machines decided by the state's Beverage Container Recycling Act.

The article offers news briefs on the U.S. recycling industry in 2012. The Beverage Container Recycling Fund year-over-year expenditures exceed revenues by nearly $100 million in California. Los Angeles (LA) City Council changes its multifamily and commercial recycling collection. The American Progressive Bag Alliance criticizes the expansion of the plastic ban of Portland, Oregon city council.

The article highlights the assertion by scrapyard owners that the problem of recycling fraud in the U.S. is more widespread than has been reported. The owners made the pronouncement after the arrest of 31 people allegedly involved in beverage container recycling fraud in California. The authority's announced that three crime rings defrauded the California Redemption Value (CRV) program of more than 3.5 million U.S. dollars by transporting recyclables across state lines from Arizona and Nevada, two of 39 states that do not have such a program.

The article reports on the figures released by California's Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) concerning the recovery and recycling rate of beverage containers in the state in 2015.

The article reports that the Container Recycling Institute has asked the California Department of Resources Recycling & Recovery (CalRecycle) to increase the fees it pays to redemption centers to cover the cost of recycling polyethylene terephthalate (PET) beverage containers, as of April 2016.

The article focuses on Assembly Bill (AB) 3056, which increases the refund value of empty beverage containers in California. According to the author, the increase has inspired Californians to recycle more. The report of the Department of Conservation shows that more than seven billion glass, aluminum and plastic beverage containers were recovered statewide in the first six months of 2007, which allows the state to increase its container recycling rate of 71 percent. The refund increase was brought by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's signing of AB 3056 in 2006. Moreover, the January 1, 2007 enactment of AB 3056 funded the statewide campaign of California Refund Value and the promotion of recycling awareness and participation.

The article explores the history of recycling markets 20 and 10 years ago in the U.S. It highlights the concept of the materials recovery facility (MRF) 20 years ago which aimed to reduce the handling of incoming materials. A decade ago, it cites the target of California's communities to reach 50-percent recycling rate by using traditional curbside collection programs targeting beverage containers, paper, and yard debris.

The article offers updates on recycling in California in 2012. The Department of Resource Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) unveils a new white paper on how to reach a recycling rate of 75% by 2020 under the enactment of Assembly Bill 341. The state's rate for beverage container recycling reaches high as reported by CalRecycle.

The article reports that reverse vending machine maker Tomra Systems ASA has decided to sell its West Coast used beverage container (UBC) recycling arm in California for $25 million to rePlanet LLC. According to Tomra's chief financial officer Espen Gunderson, Tomra Pacific is mainly a big logistic operation with limited use of technology. It notes that Tomra will change its remaining materials handling division into a collection technology unit.

The article reports that the aluminum used beverage can (UBC) recycling rate in California posted a record high of 94 percent in 2010. Overall figures, including glass and plastic container recycling, reached 82 percent, according to the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle). It is stated that overall sales of California Redemption Value (CRV) beverage containers totaled 20.2 billion in 2010.

The article focuses on the report concerning the 2007 collection scam to take advantage of the California Redemption Value program published in the journal "The Press Enterprise" in California. The scam started when Mission Fiber Croup Inc. from Phoenix, Arizona allegedly hired a trucking company to import baled beverage containers that were packed into shipping containers. Information on how the scam occurred and the investigation over the scam is presented.

The article reports that the Department of Conservation in California is accepting funding proposals for its Beverage Container Recycling Market Development program. The $20 million program will encourage sustainable approaches to the recovery and reuse of recyclable bottles and cans, likewise the grants would also stimulate job creation. Some of the projects include: creating market opportunities for new sustainable products or packaging, expanding market-related activities for existing products made from recycled beverage container materials and improving the quality and supply of beverage container material feedstock for use in manufacturing sustainable products.

The article reports that recycling executives Tigran Petrosyan, Artur Melikyan and Never Nazinyan from California were accused of defrauding the beverage container recycling program of the state. They claimed that aluminum cans recovered out of state were actually collected in California. They have to pay nearly $2.6 million as compensation and go to jail for combined 12.5 years to settle criminal charges against them.

The article reports that a California Senate vote is expected on a bottle-bill reform package that is speculated to provide consumers, recyclers, processors and end users with as much as $100 million in direct financial incentives. The Assembly Bill 3056 looks to increase collection rates, improve material quality and stimulate the state's overall used beverage container market demand. It was stated that the Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act would provide consumers with a refund value.

Announces the launching of a beverage-container recycling program at Ontario International Airport in California on July 18, 2001. Role of the program Keep California Beautiful in the initiative; Aim of the program; Update on the recycling efforts at the airport.

Reports that the beverage container recycling rate in California has declined in year 2000. Number of beverage containers that were thrown away instead of being recycled in year 2000; Actions taken by the Conservation Department of California to stop the decline in recycling; Role of plastic in the decline of the recycling rate.

Deals with the plans of the recycling officials of the state of California to prevent beverage cans and bottles from going to landfills. Amount the officials would spend for the effort; Number of beverage containers dumped in landfills; Actions taken by the California Department of Commerce to improve the state's beverage container recycling rate.