Dive summary:

• A 10-month waiting period is going to be enforced before new recycling centers in Pasadena, Calif., are allowed to open.
• The hold will allow the city to review complaints from existing locations regarding noise, safety and cleanliness.
• Councilwoman Margaret McAustin said the centers have become magnets for problems: "We see them attract vagrants, they become dirty, a repository of shopping carts and abandoned items, they are noisy, you get people littering, loitering, urinating nearby."

From the article:

The recycling centers allow people to return empty beverage containers for a refund of the California Redemption Value deposit of 5 or 10 cents depending on container size.

"We see them attract vagrants, they become dirty, a repository of shopping carts and abandoned items, they are noisy, you get people littering, loitering, urinating nearby," Councilwoman Margaret McAustin told the newspaper. "They can become magnets for problems, but particularly when they abut single-family neighborhoods. We want to look at those impacts." ...