The world’s largest retailer underreported the number of containers it distributed over a three-year period in California, leading to $7.2 million in unpaid deposits to the state. The balance was paid in full late last year after it was revealed during an audit.
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As California moves forward developing mandatory policies for the recycling of packaging, regulators want public input on some of the criteria they should consider.
The Golden State’s container redemption program differs from bottle bills in other states, and according to a new study, that might be bringing it down.
California officials say they intercepted two semi-trucks carrying used beverage containers from Arizona to California, where they were going to be illegally redeemed.
Ratepayers are seeing an increase for garbage and recycling in the Pacific Northwest’s largest city, and an appliance recycling company sees a stark revenue drop.
Officials in one Michigan county are calling their new curbside program a success, and a large Canadian city bans plastic bags.
California’s recycling goal is under scrutiny, and a major Canadian city is getting out of the collection business.
A paper-products maker shifts from newsprint to recycled lightweight linerboard at a Quebec mill, and a hauler serving multi-family housing is caught dumping recyclable materials into the garbage.
Chicago passes a budget that includes a fee on shopping bags, and Whirlpool offers an answer to food waste.
Chicago wants to better educate residents of a neighborhood posting a 6 percent diversion rate, and two reports calls on Michigan lawmakers to take steps to boost recycling.