When the state's Mandatory Commercial Recycling law took effect in June, 2012, public entities that generated a specified threshold of solid waste were required to reuse, recycle, compost, or otherwise divert solid waste from disposal, according to CalRecycle, the state entity responsible for recycling.
CalRecycle's website clearly spells out the rules as they apply to schools: Wherever recycling or organic waste is generated, a school must provide an appropriate container adjacent to the solid waste container to capture and divert recycling and organic waste.
Containers must be easily accessible, visible, and clearly labeled. If the law is so straightforward, why isn't the school complying?
A big issue was the contamination of the recycling bins with non-recyclable materials. Students were dumping non-recyclable garbage into the recycling bins...
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