Recycling scavengers clash over blocks as deposits rise
In Sherman Oaks a group of scavengers scrambles for bottles and cans on trash days as California’s bottle deposit increases from 4 to 5 cents for 12 ounce containers and 8 to 10 cents for larger ones. The rise sparks competition, mixed feelings from residents, and mixed enforcement by City of Los Angeles officials and Inglewood authorities.
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Environmental groups push EPA to ban nonylphenol in detergents
Sierra Club led petition by five environmental groups and UNITE HERE urging EPA to restrict nonylphenol and nonylphenol ethoxylates in consumer and industrial detergents. The petition cites ecological harm seen in fish gender changes and calls for broader product labeling and usage limits while backing research on health effects.
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Research Council
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