San Jose faces $48 million lawsuit over claims it profits from residents’ recycling failures

Workers sort out trash from recyclable material at California Waste Solutions in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)

A San Jose recycling company is suing the city claiming it profits by failing to prevent residents from throwing garbage into their recycling bins.

Recycling business California Waste Solutions alleged in the lawsuit filed in Santa Clara Superior Court that the City of San Jose broke its contract with CWS to jointly develop a consumer-education campaign on proper recycling, leading to millions of dollars in costs shifted onto the company instead of the city.

“The City forced CWS

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