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Recent Press Releases

California Launches Unprecedented Wildfire Cleanup Effort: Local, State, and Federal Resources Mobilized to Restore 14,000+ Burned Properties

Dec 11, 2018

SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, in partnership with the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services; Butte, Los Angeles, and Ventura counties; the California Department of Toxic Substances Control; the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; the Federal Emergency Management Agency; and other federal, state, and local partners, has begun the process of clearing debris following the most destructive series of wildfires in California history.

$16 Million Recycling Fraud Ring: Agents Track Suspects to Arizona: California Partners with Arizona in the First Ever Cross-Border Takedown

Dec 3, 2018

SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, in partnership with the California Department of Justice and the Arizona Department of Public Safety, is announcing the arrests of three suspects accused of using an Arizona trucking company as a front to defraud California’s Beverage Container Recycling Program.

Plastics Recycler Gets $2 Million to Fight Climate Change

Oct 16, 2018

SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery has approved a $2 million California Climate Investment loan to rPlanet Los Angeles, LLC for Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) recycling infrastructure at its new facility in Vernon.

California Marks New Wildfire Debris Removal Milestone: Debris Removal Completed in Siskiyou County, Cleanups Continue in Shasta and Lake Counties

Oct 9, 2018

SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery is joining the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services to announce the completion of wildfire debris removal in Siskiyou County.