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New Year´s Resolution to Recycle?
Recycle Bins are on the Way!

Article ByEuroinvestors - http://www.recyclingtoday.com

The National Recycling Coalition (NRC) and Coca-Cola are helping 76 organizations fulfill their New Year´s resolutions to recycle more and waste less. This January, the NRC has been busy contacting the recipients of the 2007 Bin Grant program to offer its recycling expertise and arrange for the shipment of 2,500 recycle bins.

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.