Californians Against Waste

Californians Against Waste

Infobox NPO
organization_name = Californians Against Waste
organization_
organization_motto = Conserving Resources. Preventing Pollution. Protecting the Environment.
organization_type =
founded = 1977
location = flagicon|USA Sacramento, CA
key_people =
fields = Environmentalism Recycling
services =
num_members =
homepage = [http://www.cawrecycles.org/ www.cawrecycles.org]

Californians Against Waste is an American environmental advocacy organization that takes action on local, state and national levels to conserve natural resources and prevent pollution through the expansion of a recycling economy. The organization is headquartered in Sacramento, CA.

History

Californians Against Waste was founded in the 1970s to lobby for the establishment of a Bottle Bill in California. [cite web |url=http://www.news10.net/storyfull2.aspx?storyid=33079 |title=News 10 ABC Sacramento Profile: Californians Against Waste |accessdate=2007-10-07 ] After California's Bottle Bill passed in 1986, Californians Against Waste has continued to advocate for recycling and other legislation in the California Legislature and elsewhere. In 2006, Californians Against Waste sponsored legislation by California State Assembly member Lloyd Levine (D-Van Nuys) that created the nation's first, mandatory, in-store recycling program for plastic bags and required California supermarkets to offer reusable bags for sale. In 2007, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed Assembly Bill 1109 by California State Assembly member Jared Huffman (D-Santa Rosa). This CAW sponsored legislation establishes mandatory reduction in electricity usage for lighting, effectively establishing a phased ban of incandescent bulbs in California, along with reducing hazardous materials in today's lighting. [cite news| url=http://gov.ca.gov/index.php?/press-release/7689/|accessdate=2007-10-14|publisher=Governor's Press Release|date=2007-10-12| title= Governor Schwarzenegger Signs Legislation Promoting Solar Power, Energy and Water Efficiency.]

Issue Areas

Californians Against Waste has lobbied mostly on solid waste and recycling issues. It focuses on updating California's Bottle Bill, E-waste recycling and toxicity issues, landfills and waste issues and their role in implementation of California's Greenhouse Gas Law, general environmental issues and banning foamed polystyrene takeout food packaging. [cite web |url=http://www.news10.net/storyfull2.aspx?storyid=33079 |title=News 10 ABC Sacramento Profile: Californians Against Waste |accessdate=2007-10-08 ] Californians Against Waste also campaign to reduce the source of marine debris. [http://www.cawrecycles.org/issues/marine_debris]

Notable Legislative Campaigns

*California Assembly Bill 2020 (1986) - California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act.
*California Assembly Bill 939 (1989) - California Integrated Waste Management Act
*California Assembly Bill 1305 (1989) - California Recycled Newsprint Act
*California Senate Bill 20 (2004) - California Electronic Waste Recycling Act
*California Assembly Bill 2901 (2004) - California Cell Phone Recycling Act
*California Assembly Bill 1125 (2005) - California Rechargeable Battery Recycling Act
*California Assembly Bill 2449 (2006) - California Plastic Bag Supermarket Recycling Act
*California Assembly Bill 1109 (2007) - California Lighting Efficiency and Toxics Reduction Act [cite web |url=http://www.cawrecycles.org/about/accomplishments |title=Californians Against Waste Site: "Our Accomplishments" |accessdate=2007-10-08 ]

ee also

*Environmental issues in the United States

References

External links

* [http://www.cawrecycles.org/ Californians Against Waste]


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