Why is California called the Golden State?

California is called the Golden State not because of the gold found at Sutter’s Mill in 1848, but because winter rains make the hills green until the dry air of summer turns them a golden hue.

British households are failing to recycle as many as 16 million plastic bottles every day — a "staggering" number and nearly half the total of more than 35 million which are used and discarded daily. Based on the data published on Saturday, the Recycle Now campaign group suggests that the number of bottles evading recycling in the U. K. could reach 29 billion by the end of 2020, putting huge pressure on landfill and with dire consequences for marine life.