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16 Billion Beverage Containers Recycled in Calif. Last Year
California might be the most populous state in the country at nearly 38 million people, but it’s high recycling rates are still staggering.
According to CalRecycle’s Biannual Report of Beverage Container Sales, Returns, Redemption, and Recycling Rates, released last week, Californians recycled over 16 billion beverage containers in 2011.
The recycling rate stayed basically flat from the year before, but the California recycling program recovers one-fifth of all beverage containers that are recycled in the U.S. annually, Susan Collins, executive director of the Container Recycling Institute, tells Resource Recycling.
California’s recycling program made about $300 million last year recovering recyclable scrap – a … read more
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Aluminum Cans
Aluminum is a sustainable metal and can be recycled over and over again. A can is generally turned into a new can and back on store shelves within 60 days. Cans are usually available through curbside pickup or community drop-off locations nationwide.
