More ways to save coming to Fresno, Merced after $70 million recycling grant

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Fresno and Merced counties are getting caller recycling stations aft a $70 cardinal assistance from Cal Recycle to amended efforts crossed the state.

According to Cal Recycle, the Beverage Container Redemption Innovation Grants volition money much than 250 caller recycling sites crossed 30 counties.

The stations volition diagnostic a dynamic array of recycling methods including reverse vending machines, mobile recycling, and bag-drop sites.

Merced volition person reverse vending machines portion Fresno volition person some reverse vending machines and bag-drop sites. Reverse vending machines instrumentality successful bottles individually, reimbursing recyclers per vessel inserted. Bag-drop sites cipher the wide value of a container of recycling to find the currency backmost amount.

Several of the reverse vending machines volition beryllium located astatine Save Mart and Smart and Final supermarkets. The businesses volition each person implicit $2 cardinal to found sites crossed 19 counties.