Corrections
Corrections are public and prompt. When we get something wrong, we say so where the error appeared.
How we correct
We do not make silent edits. Any change to a published fact gets a dated note where the error appeared, in this form: "Correction, [date]: [what changed]."
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Corrections so far
One berry box, three California cities, two answers. Correction, 2026-10-25: We said 3 guides in our sample name clamshells as excluded. Two list them as excluded: Redding names "clear plastic clam shell containers", and Santa Barbara names "Clear plastic produce containers", which by our reading include a berry box. The third, a drop-off center, does not name them; the only plastics on its list of free drop-off items are "Plastic #1 & #2 with container necks". We now say 3 exclude them; the count is unchanged.