{"id":20511,"date":"2017-05-26T10:11:52","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T14:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wasteadvantagemag.com\/?p=20511"},"modified":"2017-05-26T10:11:52","modified_gmt":"2017-05-26T14:11:52","slug":"californias-recycling-rate-drops-following-closures-of-more-than-500-recycling-centers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wasteadvantagemag.com\/californias-recycling-rate-drops-following-closures-of-more-than-500-recycling-centers\/","title":{"rendered":"California&#8217;s Recycling Rate Drops Following Closures of More Than 500 Recycling Centers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beverage container recycling rates in California have fallen below 80 percent for the first time since 2008, according to new data released last week by CalRecycle, the state\u2019s recycling agency. The reduced recycling rate means that two million additional containers are littered or landfilled every day, including more than one million plastic bottles.<\/p>\n<p>The agency\u2019s annual report shows that 79.8 percent of empty beverage containers were recycled in 2016, down from 81 percent in 2015. Recycling rates have equaled or exceeded 80 percent since 2009.<\/p>\n<p>The drop in recycling rates comes in the wake of reduced program payments for recycling operations and the closing of more than 560 recycling centers in the state in the last 15 months.<\/p>\n<p>The loss of recycling centers has hit rural areas especially hard. For consumers who try to supplement family income by redeeming containers, the loss of buyback recycling locations has reduced total redemption pay-back by more than $3 million per month.<\/p>\n<p>In an April report to the Legislature, California\u2019s Legislative Analyst\u2019s office attributed the closures to a decline in scrap prices and \u201cprogram payments that do not sufficiently cover recycler costs\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a $250 million fund surplus, California\u2019s recycling operations are being short changed, resulting in closed centers and declining recycling rates. Consumers and recycling program operators need the Governor and Legislature to come together in this budget and fix what\u2019s been broken.<\/p>\n<p>The report indicates beverage container sales of just over 23.1 billion, with 18.4 billion containers recycled.<\/p>\n<p><em>To read the full story, visit <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/environment\/californias-recycling-rate-drops-following-closures-more-500-recycling-center\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/environment\/californias-recycling-rate-drops-following-closures-more-500-recycling-center<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beverage container recycling rates in California have fallen below 80 percent for the first time since 2008, according to new data released last week by CalRecycle, the state\u2019s recycling agency. 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