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Californians can ring in 2024 by redeeming their empty wine and liquor containers for cash! 💲♻️

Starting January 1, California adds wine and liquor sold in bottles, cans, boxes, and pouches to the state’s Beverage Container Recycling Program to cut waste and pollution by turning more recycled materials into new products.

Read more: calrecycle.ca.gov/2023/12/26/press-release-23-11/

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NYC @ 4:59 PM 🌆

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A new report argues the sanitation department isn’t going far enough in its effort to containerize all the city’s trash, noting the plan pushed under Mayor Eric Adams doesn’t cover the heaps of recycling that are still allowed to pile up on sidewalks.

Read more: gothamist.com/news/report-criticizes-nyc-trash-pla…

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Have a happy holiday season and remember to always return your cans and bottles, or leave them out for a local recycler to collect. 🫱🏽‍🫲🏿♻️🌃

#thaksgiving2025vibes 🦃🍗💯

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On Thanksgiving Day, November 27, 2025, New Yorkers celebrated the holiday aboard a Brooklyn-bound L train, where volunteers transformed two subway cars into a festive dining space with a full Thanksgiving buffet, complete with turkey, traditional side dishes, and decorations.
The pop-up feast in it's 3rd year, lasted several hours as the train traveled along the L line, invited passengers to eat together, share the meal, and carry leftovers home, creating a heartwarming communal experience. 🦃🍗🚉🗽

Only in NYC: lavocedinewyork.com/en/new-york/2025/11/27/thanksg…

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There is no accurate data on the activity of canning, but people involved in the sector claim that more than 15,000 people pick up empty cans on the streets of New York to make some money.
This website mapped the experience of eight of them.👉🏿canners.nyc/

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Efforts to modernize bottle bills are still hamstrung by old myths, according to advocates representing the plastics, glass and metal packaging industries. But evolutions within the U.S. policy landscape amid the Trump administration’s emphasis on domestic manufacturing and the launch of state extended producer responsibility programs have helped build momentum in a productive year for these bills, they say.

Read more: www.wastedive.com/news/bottle-bills-recycling-refu…

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The California Air Resources Board voted unanimously on Thursday to update the state’s Landfill Methane Rule for the first time in 15 years. The updates, which are set to go into effect in 2027, will return California to its role as a leader on landfill gas regulations, as other states have followed the lead set by its initial rule adopted in 2010.

Read more: www.wastedive.com/news/california-landfill-methane…

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Email leak of the former NYC Sanitation Commisioner Kathryn Garcia saying that she was against modernizing the Bottle Bill and called it "incredibly problematic".

Modernizing a 40 year old environmental law to reflect current times is incredibly problematic for whom Mrs. Garcia?? 🤔

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NYS:
Two people were arrested this week after a protest in which they dumped bags of non-redeemable bottles and cans outside the governor’s mansion!

Read more: cbs6albany.com/news/local/arrests-made-as-redempti…

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