In the quiet of early morning, the unmusical clanging of glass bottles can be heard a block away. Tex moves slowly along San Francisco’s 25th Street, his heavy-duty Costco shopping cart loaded as efficiently as a mule packed by a master guide.
This year marks the 15th anniversary of what is probably the biggest recycling-related PR effort since the first Earth Day: the stamping of nearly every disposable plastic container on the market with the chasing arrows recycling symbol.
On September 24, Governor Gray Davis signed Senate Bill 20, creating a fund for the recycling of computer monitors and televisions, which can contain lead and other toxic materials.
Recycling isn’t just about cans and bottles; across California, used cooking oil from restaurants is getting a second life in the form of an alternative fuel called biodiesel.
