Thursday, January 24, 2008; Posted: 01:00 PM
Seventy-six grants were awarded to a diverse selection of applicants from 40 states, including 15 colleges and universities, 19 municipalities and other local government entities, 18 K-12 schools, 20 community-based non profit organizations and three Native American tribes. Recipients were chosen by NRC 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 is sponsored by The Coca-Cola Company and is designed to promote and support community recycling in the U.S.
"The response to this grant program has been phenomenal. The extent and diversity of applications solidly demonstrates how citizens across the nation are addressing recycling on a community level," said Kate Krebs, executive director of the National Recycling Coalition. "It's a privilege for NRC to partner with Coca-Cola to provide recycling collection bins that will build, expand and strengthen recycling programs at school, work and play."
The Bin Grant Program provides recycling bins directly to recipients and leverages the purchasing power and expertise of the NRC. The NRC and Coca-Cola intend to offer bin grants twice a year in the fall and spring.
"The number of applicants for bin grants far exceeded our expectations. We are looking forward to supporting another NRC bin grant program this Spring," said Scott Vitters. "This program helps us increase the collection of valuable recyclables such as aluminum and PET."
Grants were awarded to recycling programs of all shapes and sizes. The City of Missoula, Mont., will receive durable, permanent bins to place alongside trash cans on streets citywide. In Emmet County, Mich., the Department of Public Works will receive special event recycling bins as part of a community loan program to make recycling bins available for civic and sporting events. The Coeur d'Alene Tribe in Idaho intends to use their bins to collect beverage containers in the tribal offices and at community gatherings. Congress Middle School in Boynton Beach, Fla., will use their bins to start a recycling program and educate students.
A full list of the 2007 Bin Grant recipients is below. Spring 2008 grant application dates and information will be announced and posted on the NRC website, http://bingrant.org/register.asp at the end of January.
Fall 2007 Grant Recipients ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Auburn University Auburn, Alabama Auburn City Schools Auburn, Alabama City of Phenix City Phenix City, Alabama Aniak Traditional Council Aniak, Alaska Heber Springs School Heber Springs, Arkansas Native Village of Hooper Bay Hooper Bay, Alaska Heard Museum Phoenix, Arizona Grace Hill Elementary School Rogers, Arkansas Solana Center for Environmental Encinitas, California Innovation Menlo Atherton School District Menlo Park, California Future Farmers of America Lincoln, California University of Connecticut Storrs, Connecticut Keep Orlando Beautiful, Inc. Orlando, Florida Francis House Tampa, Florida Congress Middle School Boynton Beach, Florida Durham Middle School Acworth, Georgia Riverwood High School Environmental Club Atlanta, Georgia City of Griffin Griffin, Georgia McKendree Elementary PTA Lawrenceville, Georgia Kalaheo School PTSA Kalaheo, Hawaii Coeur d'Alene Tribe Plummer, Idaho Peoria County Recycling Peoria, Illinois A.G. Bell School Chicago, Illinois City of Richmond Richmond, Indiana Woolpert, Inc. Indianapolis, Indiana University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa Cans for the Community Lawrence, Kansas Friends of Recycling for Southeast Kansas Pittsburg, Kansas Christ the King School Lexington, Kentucky Shreveport Green Shreveport, Louisiana Allegany County Cumberland, Maryland University of Maryland, Baltimore County Baltimore, Maryland Midshore Regional Recycling Program Centreville, Maryland Scituate Public Schools Scituate, Massachusetts Kettering University Flint, Michigan Emmet County Recycling Petoskey, Michigan Benton Harbor Police Department Benton Harbor, Michigan City of East Lansing East Lansing, Michigan Hennepin History Museum Minneapolis, Minnesota Perham - Dent Public Schools Perham, Minnesota Sojourner Truth Academy Minneapolis, Minnesota Southside Family Charter School Minneapolis, Minnesota Keep Corinth Beautiful Corinth, Mississippi Harrison County Beautification Commission Gulfport, Mississippi Drury University Springfield, Missouri City of Missoula Missoula, Montana University of Nebraska-Omaha Omaha, Nebraska Keene State College Keene, New Hampshire National Honor Society / Waldwick High School Waldwick, New Jersey Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell Roswell, New Mexico Santa Clara Pueblo Espanola, New Mexico Tompkins County SWM Division Ithaca, New York Stony Brook University Stony Brook, New York -Campus Dining Services Town of Robbins Robbins, North Carolina Cape Fear Community College Wilmington, North Carolina Bladen County Public School System Elizabethtown, North Carolina Durham County Government Durham, North Carolina Miami University Oxford, Ohio Ashland University Ashland, Ohio Oklahoma DEQ Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Hillsboro Parks & Recreation Hillsboro, Oregon Johnson College Scranton, Pennsylvania City of Pittsburgh-Recycling Division Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Blair County Dept. of Solid Waste & Hollidaysburg, Recycling Pennsylvania Charleston County Charleston, South Carolina City of Dillon Dillon, South Carolina Knoxville Recycling Coalition Knoxville, Tennessee Nashville Sounds Baseball Nashville, Tennessee Keep Richland Hills Beautiful Richland Hills, Texas Travis Elementary School Grand Prairie, Texas Blinn College Bryan, Texas - Phi Theta Kappa, Alpha Phi Lambda SilverLake Elementary School Grapevine, Texas Salt Lake County - Recycling Information Office Salt Lake City, Utah Manassas Park City Schools Manassas Park, Virginia Yakima Valley Community College Yakima, Washington Stage III Community Theatre Casper, Wyoming
About the NRC
The NRC is a national, non-profit advocacy group with members that span all aspects of waste reduction, reuse and recycling in North America. NRC's objective is to eliminate waste and promote sustainable economies though advancing sound management practices for raw materials in North America. NRC works with its members and partners to sponsor programs and stakeholder forums that provide tools and nurture solutions for the recycling industry. Breaking new ground in how Americans think about waste, the Coalition is a strong and clear voice for recycling. For more information about the NRC please visit http://www.nrc-recycle.org/.
About The Coca-Cola Company
The Coca-Cola Company is the world's largest non-alcoholic beverage company. Along with the Coca-Cola(R) trademark, recognized as the world's most valuable brand, the Company markets four of the world's top five nonalcoholic sparkling beverage brands, including the Diet Coke(R), Fanta(R) and Sprite(R) brands, and a wide range of other beverages, including diet and light beverages, waters, juices and juice drinks, teas, coffees, energy and sports drinks. Through the world's largest beverage distribution system, consumers in more than 200 countries enjoy the Company's beverages at a rate exceeding 1.4 billion servings each day. For more information about The Coca-Cola Company, please visit our website at www.thecoca-colacompany.com.
SOURCE: Coca-Cola North America
National Recycling Coalition Kate Krebs, 202-789-1430 or Coca-Cola North America Kirsten Witt, 404-676-0314
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