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Why are hundreds of California recycling centers closing?
Recycling centers -- those places where you bring your bottles and cans and get a little change in return – are closing. On Monday, nearly 300 of those centers were shut down across California, and 750 workers were laid off.
By Barbara Bogaev • • 1 min readRecycling centers -- those places where you bring your bottles and cans and get a little change in return – are closing. On Monday, nearly 300 of those centers were shut down across California, and 750 workers were laid off. That's despite Governor Gavin Newsom including an additional $5 million subsidy in the new budget for low-volume recyclers.
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- 8:21New allegations of sexual abuse and a coverup in the Boy Scouts
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