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San Francisco expands CRV pilot with bottle-bank trucks, partners; early rollout returns nearly $5,000 to residents
Summary
City staff briefed commissioners on a California Redemption Value (CRV) bottle-bank pilot that uses barcode bags, conservation corps trucks and image-counting technology; early metrics show more than 1,000 signups, about 90,000 containers redeemed and nearly $5,000 returned to participants.
San Francisco's Department of the Environment presented an update March 22 on a pilot program to expand access to California Redemption Value bottle and can redemption across the city.
Kevin Drew, the department's CRV coordinator, said the pilot uses leased bottle-bank trucks operated with the Conservation Corps, barcoded collection bags and an image-based counting system modeled on Oregon's BottleDrop tech. Drew said the program aims to increase equitable access to redemption, create jobs and help…
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