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Help Support our Action Plan to Prevent Pollution & Create Green Jobs

Both the urgency and opportunity for advancing our Waste Reduction and Recycling Agenda has never been greater. The threat of global climate change has placed a premium on policies with a track record of conserving energy and resources, reducing wasteful consumption, and utilizing recycled materials in manufacturing.

At the same time, our state and nation's economic climate has created an urgent need for a 'Green Jobs and Economic Development' initiative. Working with economic and environmental experts, Californians Against Waste has put forward a 10 Point Plan for Protecting our Environment while helping to Create Green Jobs.

Your generous support has enabled Californians Against Waste to lead a "recycling revolution" in California. Today, I'm asking for your continued support as we work with legislators to introduce major recycling proposals for consideration in the new State Legislature session.

 


icon_caw_top_priority Our Top Priority Legislation

AB 68 (Brownley) - Offsetting the Costs of Single-Use Bag Litter
Summary. Requires that consumers pay a $0.25 fee for single-use bags distributed at large grocery stores, pharmacies and convenience stores.

 


Actions

Reduce the Harmful Materials in Electronic Devices
Please help us support requiring manufacturers to phase out the use of hazardous materials in all consumer electronics sold in California. This would model a directive currently in place in the European Union, that requires manufacturers of all electrical and electronic equipment to phase out the use of known toxic and carcinogenic elements from the design of their products.

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Help Bring Recycling To All Californians
Most of California's communities have operating curbside recycling programs, but not all have these recycling programs available in apartments or multifamily dwellings. All the while, not all of the state's communities have reached the 50% diversion rate from landfills established by the Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989.

The Problem
Apartments or multifamily dwellings account for 8 percent (3.3 million tons) of the disposed waste stream in California, but only 15% of this waste is actually diverted from landfill, when 24% of housing units in the state have five or more units.

Recycling at apartments is unfortunately difficult to increase, due to a myriad of reasons, including a high occupancy turn over rate, cost of service, and lack of available space. This is all the more reason to not only increase availability of recycling in multi-family dwellings, but to make it easy for residents and managers.

Please support new legislation that would require multifamily dwelling owners to create appropriate recycling opportunities in their buildings. Please help by sending your support to let all Californians have easy access and the opportunity to recycle, thus helping reduce our waste in landfills!

 

 

Californians Against Waste is recognized as one of the nation's leading non-profit environmental research and advocacy organizations focusing on resource conservation and pollution prevention through waste reduction and recycling. The organization's 30 year history and track record of accomplishments has demonstrated it to be principled, practical, creative and effective. Find out more about CAW.