Washington Township, Berks County, has received 21 recycling bins designed specifically for placement at public spaces throughout the community as part of a national recycling bin grant program made possible by Keep America Beautiful (KAB) and The Coca-Cola Foundation.
The Township received 60 gallon “Keep America Beautiful” recycling bins for the collection of drinking bottles. These bins will be installed throughout the Township’s park system and in other municipal facilities. Items collected in these bins will be recycled at the Red Barn Recycling Center.
The project is one of 89 recycling initiatives receiving support from the Coca-Cola/Keep America Beautiful Recycling Bin Grant Program. Nationwide, the grant program is providing 5,300 recycling bins to colleges and universities, nonprofits, local governments and other community groups in 2015.
“Washington Township operates a successful recycling program through the Red Barn Recycling Center and these bins will allow us to expand recycling efforts throughout the community, most notably in our park and recreation areas,” said Christopher Bashore, Washington Township Manager. “We are honored that Keep America Beautiful and the Coca-Cola Foundation awarded the Township with this grant.”
“Through this program and our more than 50-year partnership with Keep America Beautiful, we are helping to ensure that communities understand the importance of recycling,” said Lori George Billingsley, vice president, community relations, Coca-Cola North America. “Community recycling not only impacts the environment today, but it helps build sustainable communities for the future.”
“Research has shown that convenience is a key factor in getting people to recycle,” said Brenda Pulley, senior vice president, recycling, Keep America Beautiful. “With Coca-Cola’s continued support, the recycling bins provided through the grant program create literally thousands of new opportunities for people to recycle in public areas across the U.S.”
The Coca-Cola/KAB Recycling Bin Grant Program awards recycling bins directly to recipients and leverages volume buying discounts. Recipients were chosen by Keep America Beautiful based on criteria including the extent of their need, recycling experience and their ability to sustain the program in the future. Since 2007, the program has placed more than 45,000 recycling bins in over 560 communities across the U.S.
A full list of the spring 2015 Recycling Bin Grant recipients and further information about the grant program is available at <http://bingrant.org>.
