25. Renters' Right to Recycle Act (CA) 2011

We are fortunate in that our apartment complex offers recycling services (cans, plastic and paper products) on site. We just have to bring our stuff to the maintenance room each week.  No bins. No driving to a drop-off center.  The system has been in place for years and it works. Therefore it was an eye-opener to read that roughly 3-million apartment-dwelling Californians only recently got the "right" to recycle when Gov. Jerry Brown signed the "Renters' Right to Recycle Act" in July.  Previously, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger had vetoed a similar bill. Why didn't he like the bill?  

He vetoed it simply because apartment owners objected and he wanted to keep them happy.  But citizens kept on task and now millions of residents have access to recycling.  


Notes:
"Gov. Jerry Brown Signs California Apartment Recycling Bill - Latimes.com." Blogs - Latimes.com. 8 July 2011. Web. 07 Nov. 2011. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/home_blog/2011/09/apartment-recycling-law-signed-by-governor.html