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Implementation Challenges
The falling market value of materials that redeemable containers are made of such as metal, plastic or glass has lead to a decrease in the viability of many local recycling centers. CalRecycle, the agency that overseas the CRV program, reported in 2016 that recycling rates had declined below their goal of 80%. It is estimated that around 1.7 million containers were not recycled as a result of the decline over the past five years, ending up in dumps instead. Barriers to ease of recycling has effectively caused consumers to loose, as the LA Times reported, "at least $308 million in 5-cent deposits on cans and bottles in 2018,". The incentive to process the containers has decreased in monetary amount along with inflation further devaluing the incentive. A later bill, The California beverage container recycling law, attempted to solve the initial shortcomings by requiring that when not within half of a mile from a recycling center, that the markets themselves must accept CRV qualified containers or be fined a daily rate. This has not completely solved the issue as many companies choose not to accept recycles but do not pay the fine, similar to the litigation between the state of California and CVS as recent as December of 2019.