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Coca-Cola, KAP Grants Awarded For Nearly 4,000 Recycling Bins
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Recycling programs in 70 towns and cities throughout the country will receive a significant boost to their local efforts as Keep America Beautiful and The Coca-Cola Company announce the recipients of the spring 2011 Recycling Bin Grant Program.
In Pennsylvania, Lower Merion Township, Ardmore; Pennsylvania Resources Council, Pittsburgh; and the City of Pittsburgh received grants.
Chosen from nearly 800 applications submitted, the 70 grant recipients include community groups, local governments, colleges and nonprofit organizations across the country. Grants were awarded to applicants in 31 states including nine colleges and universities, 25 municipalities and other local government entities, 10 primary and secondary schools, 26 nonprofit organizations, and additional community groups and Native American tribes.
Recipients were chosen by KAB based on a number of criteria, including where bins are likely to have the most impact on recovering beverage containers from the waste stream, ability of recipients to sustain their program in the future, and intention to support collection programs with recycling education and promotion. The Bin Grant program is sponsored by The Coca-Cola Company and is designed to promote and support community recycling in the U.S.
“The entire recycling process begins when a consumer chooses to put their empty beverage container in a recycle bin instead of the trash,” said Gary Wygant, vice president, Coca-Cola Recycling LLC. “Through our work with KAB to provide bins to community-based organizations, we can help raise recycling rates by making recycling more accessible to more consumers.”
“Recycling on-the-go in public spaces is an important link to raising awareness of recycling overall, and to raising recovery rates for all materials,” said Matthew M. McKenna, president and CEO, Keep America Beautiful, Inc. “We’re thrilled that, through the support of Coca-Cola Recycling, we’re able to bring more recycling options to more communities that need them.”
The Bin Grant Program provides recycling bins directly to recipients and leverages the purchasing power and recycling expertise of KAB. Since its inception in the fall of 2007, the Bin Grant program has placed more than 20,000 recycling bins in 380 communities in 48 states and the District of Columbia. A full list of the spring 2011 Bin Grant recipients is below.
For more information, visit the Recycling Bin Grant Program.
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4/25/2011 |
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