According to the California Department of Conservation, "Every bottle and can you can recycle eases the strain on our natural resources and reduces greenhouse gases in our skies."
Recycling bottles and cans benefits the environment in a variety of ways. materials athat are reduced reduce demand for more mining, and oil and gas drilling activities. Recycling cans and bottles also keeps valuable materials out of landfills, and reduces litter in cities, open spaces and waterways.
Alameda provides curbside recycling of cans and bottles, or they may be dropped off at one of many area Recycling Centers.