July 15, 2025 Public Meeting | Attend In-Person or Online

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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Wildfire Support for LA fires | Wildfire cleanup information for Borel, Boyles, Park, and Thompson fires

Our Mission

Protecting California’s environment and climate for the health and prosperity of future generations through the reduction, reuse and recycling of California resources, environmental education, disaster recovery and the transition from a disposable to a fully circular economy.

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1383 Progress

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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CalRecycle’s monthly webcast provides updates, announcements, and a report from Director Zoe Heller.

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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.

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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.

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