Plastics recyclers in California receive US$ 20 million

Archiv – United States | Grants could create nearly 2000 ’green’ jobs in the US state of California over the next few years and lead to innovations in recycling billions of beverage containers, says the California Department of Conservation.United States | Grants could create nearly 2000 ’green’ jobs in the US state of California over the next few years and lead to innovations in recycling billions of beverage containers, says the California Department of Conservation.
The department has allocated US$ 20 million across 20 projects in California. Funding for the grants comes from unclaimed California Refund Value (CRV) on aluminium, glass and plastic beverage containers that end up in the refuse stream instead of being recycled. Many grant recipients have dedicated additional funds for their projects.
’These projects help California’s environment and economy, and keep our state at the leading edge of efforts to build sustainable communities,’ says the department’s Director Bridgett Luther. ’Through this grants programme, we promote economic development and an array of advancements in recycling and resource conservation.’
California has the largest bottle and can recycling programme in the USA: in the first six months of 2008, Californians recycled a record 7.6 billion CRV beverage containers. As a result, the recycling rate rose to 76% from 71% in the same period of 2007.