Can California save recycling?

Plastic bottles on a conveyor belt at GreenWaste Recovery's facility in San Jose on July 29, 2019. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters.

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With one California recycling bill already dead, will this be the year the state tackles its waste crisis?

Workers at GreenWaste Recovery sort plastic waste.

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California lawmakers stall on landmark legislation to curb plastic trash

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