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This law established the California Integrated Waste Management Board.
What is AB 939?
This term describes a building equipped with technology that can take mixed recyclables and sort them into different streams based on material type.
What is a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF)?
This company frequently employed phrase "clean diesel" during the marketing of their vehicles circa 2010. The company later faced scrutiny and conviction due to an emissions scandal.
What is Volkswagen?
It's a potent greenhouse gas that is released when food scraps decompose under anaerobic conditions.
What is methane?
This law was designed to address the impacts of single-use packaging and plastic food service ware.
What is SB 54?
This type of synthetic clothing textile, derived from petroleum, was first developed in the 1930s.
What is polyester?
In 2018, in response to increased calls to ban plastic straws, this company introduced a lid with a built-in drinking straw that contained more plastic by weight than the old straw and lid together.
What is Starbucks?
In 2017, the City of Sacramento rebranded from the "City of Trees" to this new slogan.
What is "Farm to Fork Capital"?
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This law revised the organic materials procurement requirements established by SB 1383.
What is AB 2346?
This type of plastic is commonly used for the construction of pipes, plastic credit cards, and window frames.
What is polyvinyl chloride (PVC)?
This company has a stated commitment to "get every bottle back by 2030" despite being identified as the world's biggest plastic polluter for several years in a row by the organization "Break Free From Plastic".
What is Coca-Cola?
In 2023, this local non-profit oversaw the redistribution of 14.6 million pounds of edible food that came directly from Capital Area grocery stores.
What is Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services?
This 2016 law requires businesses and multifamily properties to arrange for organic waste recycling.
What is AB 1826?
This type of plastic resin is commonly used for water and soda bottles.
What is PET (polyethylene terephthalate)?
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In 2020, this company rolled out a campaign that included a revised green logo, advertisements, and a solar-paneled gas station in Los Angeles -- all to strategically position itself as the 'greenest' global oil company.
What is "BP"?
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"British Petroleum / Beyond Petroleum"
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Located in scenic Napa County, the French Laundry is a 3-star restaurant well known for its sustainability practices. The restaurant's other claim to fame is creating the dish that served as the centerpiece to this 2007 Pixar film.
What is Ratatouille?
This 1986 law established a regulatory fee paid on recyclable beverage containers in California.
What is AB 2020?
Milk jugs are commonly made out of this type of opaque plastic.
What is High Density Polyethylene (HDPE)
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This campaign, founded by beverage manufacturers and others in 1953, focused on recycling and littering, diverting attention away from corporate responsibility to protect the environment. The objective was to forestall the regulation of disposable containers.
What is "Keep America Beautiful"?
This Sacramento non-profit uses cargo bikes to collect food scraps and other organic waste from select restaurants in the area.
What is ReSoil?
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