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Officials crack down on truckloads of bottles and cans
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Aug 27, 2013
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Officials crack down on truckloads of bottles and cans
Trafficking in nickels and dimes may not seem profitable. But people from out-of-state are bringing recyclable cans and bottles into California by the truckload to earn the bottle deposit on top of the price for scrap.
Aluminium cans are seen compressed before recycling in Hong Kong on February 20, 2013. Activists have claimed for years that Hong Kong lags behind the rest of the world on environmental issues ranging from recycling to lanes for cyclists.
Aluminum cans are seen compressed before recycling.
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Trafficking in nickels and dimes may not seem profitable. But people from out-of-state are bringing recyclable cans and bottles into California by the truckload to earn the bottle deposit on top of the price for scrap.

Trafficking in nickels and dimes may not seem profitable. But people from out-of-state are bringing recyclable cans and bottles into California by the truckload to earn the bottle deposit on top of the price for scrap.

From the California Report, Rowan Moore-Gerety has the story.