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Proper sorting ensures your curbside recycling actually gets recycled, instead of ending up in a landfill.

Easy ways to make less trash.

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Californians throw away about a classic VW’s
weight in trash per person a year

plastic (campaign)

California throws away
enough plastic to fill
291 Olympic pools every day

paint (campaign)

California buys enough
paint a year to paint
35 million rooms with 2 coats

Tires (campaign)

264 million tires have been recycled in California

mattresses (campaign)

98% of Californians have
free mattress collection
within 15 miles of their home

carpet(campaign)

Every California county has a carpet recycling drop-off site