California may add wine, liquor bottles to recycling program

California may add wine, liquor bottles to recycling program

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https://apnews.com/5764cb82719ea35ae1907934ccb4a870

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California would add wine and distilled spirits containers to its struggling recycling program, while giving beverage dealers another option to collect empty bottles and cans, under a measure advancing Wednesday. But critics say the bill would also give hundreds of millions of dollars to corporations they say don’t need the incentives.

It's “a huge opportunity” to divert hundreds of additional tons of waste from landfills, said Democratic Assemblyman Phil Ting, who carried the bill in the Assembly. “This bill will be a huge leap.”