The Live 8 RecycleBank Team - Patrick FitzGerald, Jacob Cooper, Michael FitzGerald, Jennifer Egan, John Bradley, Jeff Smith and Ron Gonen (kneeling)

RecycleBank was the Official Recycling Provider for Philadelphia’s Live 8 Concert on July 2, providing large, clearly marked recycling containers for the more than one million concertgoers, as well as arranging for collection and processing of recyclable materials.

“We are thrilled to be a part of Live 8,” said RecycleBank co-founder and President Patrick FitzGerald. “It is an extraordinary global event, and as local company, RecycleBank is proud to help Philadelphia host guests from all over the world and demonstrate that Philadelphia can be a model environmental community.”

RecycleBank was founded in 2003 as a cost-effective and environmentally conscious solution to waste disposal. Through partnerships with more than 100 local and national vendors (including Coca Cola, Starbucks, Whole Foods, ACME, Home Depot, and FedExKinko’s), RecycleBank financially rewards households that recycle. (PaED 6/17/05)

RecycleBank has tripled the recycling rates in the Philadelphia neighborhoods that are included in the program and will expand to the Philadelphia suburbs, Southeastern New Jersey, and Northern Delaware in September.

7/8/2005