Gift returns come with an environmental cost, but there's a lot consumers and companies are doing to minimize it.
"I just want people to remember there are a lot of good people on this Earth who are willing to help...and God is good!"
Under the councilman's plan, the new recycling facility could help reduce plastic waste volume in San Jose by as much as 88 percent.
"Everyone has an hour. I'm a Mom, I got two kids and I am very busy but I can come out for an hour and make a difference in my community."
Building Resources, near San Francisco's Pier 92, is the city's sole supplier of reusable building and landscaping materials.
Tons more waste is going to landfills and less is getting recycled. But wait. Isn't that the opposite of what California had in mind for preserving the planet?