CalRecycle

CalRecycle is the state's leading authority on recycling, waste reduction, and product reuse. Officially known as the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, California's Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) brings together the state's recycling and waste management programs and continues a tradition of environmental stewardship.

Through landmark initiatives like the Integrated Waste Management Act and Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act, California works toward a society that uses less, recycles more, and takes resource conservation to higher and higher levels. Our state now leads the nation with a 59 percent recycling rate for all materials, and in the past 20 years, we have created more than 85,000 jobs through expanding recycling markets.

CalRecycle is currently working to continue our mission to inspire and challenge Californians to achieve the highest waste reduction, recycling and reuse goals in the nation, and by virtue of this improve economic vitality and environmental sustainability as we build a stronger California.

Learn more at www.calrecycle.ca.gov/