Funding awarded for reverse-vending-machine, mobile, drop-off recycling
Office of Public Affairs
For Immediate Release: March 8, 2024
News Release #2024-03
Media Contact: Lance Klug
916-341-6293 | [email protected]
SACRAMENTO - California is making it easier than ever to cash in your empty beverage containers with more than 250 new recycling sites across 30 counties funded by recycling innovation awards.
CalRecycle just awarded nearly $70 million in
Beverage Container Redemption Innovation Grants for 37 projects to add dynamic recycling methods like reverse vending machines, mobile recycling, and bag-drop sites to counties around the state.
Supermarket chains Save Mart and Smart and Final will get over $2 million each for reverse vending machines in 19 counties. Modernized recycling sites will also come to underserved counties including Butte, Imperial, Lassen, Mendocino and Merced.
"Innovative ways to recycle will help more Californians cash in their beverage containers and provide recycled materials for in-state remanufacturers," CalRecycle Director Zoe Heller said. "These new sites will make redemption as simple as feeding containers into a machine or dropping off a bag of empty containers."
What's expected in the coming year?
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More Funding to Collect, Reuse and Recycle More Containers, including:
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New Retailer Takeback Rules in 2025: Starting Jan. 1, 2025, large beverage retailers in areas not served by a recycling center have two choices: