Recycling / Waste Reduction

 

Californians take pride in on our adherence to the three “Rs”: Reduce, reuse, and recycle. Recycling programs are available in every city, and the state has embraced “zero waste” as a guiding principle and goal for the future. According to the recently-abolished California Integrated Waste Management Board (once the state’s leading authority on recycling and waste reduction): “Zero waste is based on the concept that wasting resources is inefficient and that efficient use of our

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As of January 2010, CalRecycle is the new home of California’s recycling and waste reduction efforts.

Recycling / Waste Reduction Votes

Year Bill # Description Assembly Senate Governor
2005 AB 338 Recycling waste tires into rubberized asphalt
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