Coke, KAB announce latest round of bin grants

By Jake Thomas, Resource Recycling

The Coca-Cola Foundation, working in partnership with Keep America Beautiful, has announced the recipients of this round of Recycling Bin Grant Program.

As part of the program, municipalities and nonprofit organizations are granted bins that will be placed in heavily-trafficked public spaces and events. This year, the grant has been expanded to colleges and universities, with 46 schools receiving part of the total 8,925 bins granted bins.

Recipients were chosen by KAB based on a number of criteria including level of need, recycling experience and the ability of applicants to sustain their program in the future. Now in its seventh year, the program has placed 29,000 recycling bins in over 500 communities in 48 states and the District of Columbia.

"Providing infrastructure for people to recycle on-the-go in our communities is a key component of making recycling a natural thing to do," said Matthew M. McKenna, president and CEO of Keep America Beautiful. "We are truly grateful for Coca-Cola's support and commitment to recycling, which is so well demonstrated by the Coca-Cola Bin Grant Program."

To learn more about the program, including a list of recipients, visit bingrant.org.

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