There are some downsides in the quest to protect our planet. Certain individuals have been taking advantage of the bottle deposit and material return programs and turning a lucrative profit for themselves while leaving the programs funded by these collection programs lacking in resources. The highest prevalence of recycling fraud in the United States takes place in California, where a truckload of material can be worth tens of thousands of dollars. One state over in Arizona, where collection and return policies are non-existent, people have…
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