Brummet's Conscious Blog

-- Recycling Numbers -- Recycling By The Numbers , an article written by Michael Gardner & Mike Lee, shared these interesting US recycling stats: 5 cents: The minimum California Refund Value, or CRV, for cans and bottles 74 percent: Bottles and cans recycled in California 21.9 billion: CRV bottles and cans purchased statewide last year $1.2 billion: Annual CRV money collected by the state 1,200: Recycling stations near shopping centers statewide 160: Estimated recycling stations closed statewide since July The last number there is a little scary because it shows that there are some infrastructure & financial issues in the recycling system. Widespread closures of recycling centers would hurt, for example, middle-class families who rely on recycling revenue for small luxuries & homeless people who count on bottles & cans for pocket money. Dave raised the point this morning, when we discussed this issue, that situations that cause these shutdowns could result in a shock to...