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Beverage Container Post-consumer Plastic Minimum Content Standard
February 22, 2022
As of January 1st, 2022, assembly bill 793 (Ting and Irwin, Chapter 115, Statutes of 2020) requires plastic-bottled beverage sold by a beverage manufacturer in California must contain at least 15% of post-consumer recycled plastic. Manufacturers who do not reach the threshold on recycled plastic content will receive a penalty of twenty cents per pound...¿POR QUÉ ES IMPORTANTE EVITAR CONTAMINACIÓN EN EL CONTENEDOR DE RECICLAJE?
December 9, 2021
¿POR QUÉ ES IMPORTANTE EVITAR CONTAMINACIÓN EN EL CONTENEDOR DE RECICLAJE?
Si un contaminante está presente en el contenedor de reciclaje, la calidad del reciclaje se reduce o elimina. Esto le dá al reciclaje un valor menor en el mercado y el programa local de reciclaje sufre las consecuencias. Esto resulta en un incremento...
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO AVOID CONTAMINATION IN THE RECYCLING CONTAINER?
December 9, 2021
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO AVOID CONTAMINATION IN THE RECYCLING CONTAINER?
If a contaminant is present in the recycling container, the quality of the recyclables is reduced or eliminated. This gives the recyclables a lower market value and the local recycling program suffers as a result. This results in an increased cost of service...
The What Goes Where? App is Live!
October 23, 2018
The "What Goes Where?" App is Live!Salinas Valley Recycles has teamed up with Monterey Regional Waste Management and your local garbage and recycling haulers to bring you a free app that helps you recycle right. The "What Goes Where?" app answers that question: "Is this trash or can I recycle this?"
Download the "What Goes Where?" app here: Android Google Play or Apple App Store .
