The unjust tragedy. Winos need to pay ten cents California Redemption Value on their bottles. Come on Pacific Grove, start a committee!
M: It’s not simple for those with physical health issues.
D: You can buy and lug the bottle fine when it is full but not when it is empty?
Oh Nextdoor, is this for real?
Think again, substainable people.
Feeling pleased that your conscientious recycling is helping to save the environment? Not so fast. Your yogurt container or takeout clamshell might end up in a dump thanks to a ban on discarded items that the United States had been sending to China for processing.
This year, China followed through with its threat to prohibit the import of U.S. plastics, mixed paper and other materials that it says were turning the country into the world’s garbage dump. The repercussions from the new policy have been quick and nowhere close to sorted out in communities across the U.S.
Now the container deposit is just another tax that increases the cost of products.
On Jan. 31, rePlanet announced it closed 191 recycling centers in California, citing declines in commodities pricing of aluminum and plastic, coupled with a rise in operating costs as a result of minimum wage increases and required health and workers’ compensation insurance.
California Redemption Value recycling centers in Monterey, Pacific Grove, Salinas, Prunedale, Marina and Del Rey Oaks closed, leaving centers at the Marina landfill, 14201 Del Monte Blvd., and near the Costco in Sand City, 801 Tioga Ave., as the two closest locations. The center in Sand City is a rePlanet location, closed Tuesdays and open 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. the rest of the week.
Ted Terrasas, Monterey’s sustainability director, said city officials were surprised to find out about the closures earlier this week.
“The redemption centers are required to be put in place by the stores,” Terrasas said.