Dive Summary:

• A warehouse in Yuma, Ariz., was recently discovered to be storing over 9 million pounds of discarded glass from cathode ray tubes.
• The tubes were collected under the California state recycling program, who paid around $581,000 to recycling company Dow Management; the company accepted the funds and glass, not only disregarding its responsibility, but now is unable to be located.
• The state of California has since stepped in, requiring the recyclers who originally shipped the glass to Arizona to remove the materials from the warehouse at their own expense, which includes shipping it to a different processor for proper disposal.

From the article:

“Dow Management has bilked California consumers of at least half a million dollars,” says Jim Puckett, BAN’s executive director. “And what is truly amazing is that we have seen no evidence of the federal government, nor the states of Arizona or California conducting any effort to prosecute the perpetrators.”