California to Add More Than 250 New Sites to Redeem Bottles, Cans

Californians will soon have more places to cash in their empty bottles and cans, according to California’s recycling agency CalRecycle. CalRecycle just awarded nearly $70 million in grants for 37 projects to add new recycling methods such as mobile recycling, bag-drop sites, and reverse vending machines—which allow users to insert empty bottles or cans in exchange for cash or coupons. The awards will fund more than 250 new recycling sites in 30 counties across California, including the rural counties of Butte, Imperial, Lassen, Mendocino, and Merced. Supermarket chains Save Mart and Smart & Final were awarded over $2 million each for reverse vending machines in 19 counties, according to the agency....