Billion Bottles and Cans Collected
Billion Pounds of E-Waste Collected
Million Waste Tires Collected
Wildfire Properties Cleaned Up
Million Mattresses Collected
Billion Pounds of Carpet Collected
Million Gallons of Paint Collected
Million Pounds of Pharmaceuticals Collected
Pounds of Home-Generated Sharps Waste Collected
Million Unsold Meals to Californians in Need
Billion Gallons of Used Oil Collected
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CA Communities Expanded Still-Fresh Unsold Food Donation Programs
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Required CA Communities with Residential Organic Waste Collection
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Beverage Container Recycling Rate
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92% of required communities report they have residential organic waste collection.
100% have expanded programs to send still-fresh, unsold food to Californians in need.
3 million cars worth of climate pollution will be cut by reaching SB 1383’s recycling and food rescue targets.
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SB 1383 California’s Organic Waste Reduction
Tools and guidance for SB 1383 (Lara, 2016), the state’s food and yard waste recycling law.
Textile Stewardship
California’s groundbreaking Responsible Textile Recovery Act holds the apparel and textile industry responsible for making sure their products get collected, repaired, reused, and recycled.
Plastic Pollution and Packaging Reduction Law
Get updates on SB 54 (Allen, 2022), the Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act.
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