Keep America Beautiful and Coca-Cola announced the recipients of recycling bins designed specifically for placement at public spaces and schools and universities. The recycling bins are thanks to a grant made possible by Keep America Beautiful and The Coca-Cola Foundation.

There were a total of ten recipients in Pennsylvania.  The recipients include:

-- Borough of Green Tree, Pittsburgh

-- Borough of Malvern, Malvern

-- Borough of Munhall, Munhall

-- Cambria County Solid Waste Authority, Ebensburg

-- Cook Wissahickon Elementary, Philadelphia

-- Human Services Center, New Castle

-- MCTI Interact Club, Bartonsville

-- Penn Township, Chester County, West Grove

-- West Donegal Township, Elizabethtown

-- Wyalusing Area School District, Wyalusing

“Keep America Beautiful and Coca-Cola were very generous to Pennsylvania organizations, municipalities, and schools,” said Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful President, Shannon Reiter.  “These grants will play a key role in not only improving recycling in our communities but also will leverage additional investment in public space recycling across the Commonwealth.”

“Through our support of the Bin Grant program and our long-standing partnership with Keep America Beautiful, we are helping to bring sustainability to life in local communities across the country,” said Lori George Billingsley, vice president, community relations, Coca-Cola North America Group. “By increasing access to recycling today, we build sustainable communities for the future.”

“One of the main barriers to recycling is convenience. Providing a recycling bin helps communities overcome that barrier,” said Matthew M. McKenna, president and CEO, Keep America Beautiful. “We are truly grateful for Coca-Cola’s support and commitment to recycling, and for its support and commitment of the Bin Grant Program.”

The ten Pennsylvania recipients were one of 156 local government, schools, colleges and other community groups nationwide to receive a grant.  Recipients were chosen by Keep America Beautiful based on a number of criteria including level of need, recycling experience and the ability of applicants to sustain their program in the future.

The Bin Grant program awards recycling bins directly to recipients and leverages volume buying discounts. In its seven years of operation, the Bin Grant program has placed more than 29,000 recycling bins in more than 500 communities in 48 states and the District of Columbia. 

For more information, visit the Recycling Bin Grant Program webpage.

5/6/2013