Hunkered down during the pandemic, Californians have been drinking a lot of beverages. Recent reports show sales of beverages in single-use containers up 8% in 2020. That’s a lot of bottles and cans. Given the major reduction in greenhouse gas emissions resulting from processing discarded aluminum, plastic and glass containers into new materials, the need to recycle them has never been greater. California’s 35-year-old beverage container recycling law, known as the Bottle Bill, must be updated.