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California Recycling Centers Close, Eliminating 'Green' Jobs

First Posted: 03/18/10 06:12 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 03:45 PM ET

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Recycling centers across California are closing, and scores of troubled youths are being tossed from "green" jobs onto unemployment rolls in the wake of Sacramento's raid on bottle deposit funds.

California's recycling treasury, filled by consumers' nickel and dime deposits on drink containers, had hummed along successfully for two decades until state officials left it nearly bankrupt after taking $451 million out to help balance the budget.

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Recycling centers across California are closing, and scores of troubled youths are being tossed from "green" jobs onto unemployment rolls in the wake of Sacramento's raid on bottle deposit funds. C...
Recycling centers across California are closing, and scores of troubled youths are being tossed from "green" jobs onto unemployment rolls in the wake of Sacramento's raid on bottle deposit funds. C...
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CommunistUtopia
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05:55 PM on 12/03/2009
Yeah..... Let's build our economy on green jobs. Let's build our house on sand.
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tuberider
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11:23 AM on 12/03/2009
California: Save thee from thy masters (and their garbage).
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