California brings fraud charges against family that made $7.6 million recycling over an 8-month period.

Officials claim the #California clan imported 178 tons of #recyclables from #Arizona, then cashed in

The state charges consumers a five or 10 cents deposit when they buy a drink in a plastic or aluminum package for what’s called the California Redemption Value (CRV).

https://fortune.com/2023/07/27/recycling-millionaires-charged-with-fraud-california-arizona/

:pdf: Arrest warrant:
https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/Felony%20Complaint%20for%20Arrest%20Warrant.pdf

Me 3 days ago: Disgusted with #recyclables wrapped in non-recyclable materials, gave up and threw everything in the trash.

Me earlier today: Guilt-ridden, picking through trash separating plastic, foils from the #Recycling.

Today's the start of the 8th Great British Spring Clean, lasting until 2nd April.

Please do your bit to pick up discarded #Litter / #Trash / #Rubbish / #Recyclables you see on your travels.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-pJCiwB7aA

#KeepBritainTidy #GBSpringClean #LitterHeroes #Wombles

@yonichanowitz @breadandcircuses
Let’s abandon single steam and sort #recyclables again. Presorting adds enough value to make the business model viable again. How should we begin?
#recycle

#Bloobox is a new #recycling initiative from the #Singapore #NEA to help encourage #civilsociety to embrace participation in
#CircularEconomy. Designed by a team of students @ #SIT, Bloobox is cubic foldable, cleanable recycling container w/clear & simple instructions for #paper #plastics #metal #glass #WEEE. When full @ 5kg residents empty #recyclables into blue recycling bins, building recycling chutes, or ewaste bins for electronics. #SDG12
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/free-recycling-box-singapore-households-bloobox-collection-yuhua-fengshan-sembawang-tampines-3102396
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbLtitGp7y8

«This California city asked where its #recycling went. The answer wasn’t pretty.» Global movement of #recyclables. Btw, the recycling of #ewaste - #electronics tends be a problem. #environment #garbage #мусор

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/palo-alto-recycling-asia-garbage-waste-rcna58633