Opinion
Collaboration, not excessive regulation key to plastics recycling
When it comes to supporting the circular economy, improving plastic recycling, and reducing waste, do we want to help the environment or regulate more?
When it comes to supporting the circular economy, improving plastic recycling, and reducing waste, do we want to help the environment or regulate more?
OPINION: The fact of the matter is that recycling rates are falling in California. For the first time in a decade, the percentage of beverage containers being recycled has dropped below 80 percent. The decline means that about 1.7 million containers that five years ago were being recycled are today being buried in landfills or, worse, tossed aside as litter.