California fails a big recycling challenge

In California, we pay deposits on the packaged beverages we buy and are entitled to get our nickels back or see them used to improve recycling and protect our environment. Instead, consumers are forfeiting almost half of every nickel, recycling centers are closing right and left, and the quality of recycling is dropping.  The consumers and the environment are losing.
In the last several years, 40 percent of recyclers redeeming bottles and cans — the centerpiece of our bottle law &mdas