The Coca-Cola Foundation Grants $1 Million to The Recycling Partnership to Help Prevent Marine Debris at the Curb
04 Junio 2018 - 2:00PM
Business Wire
Marine debris is a global crisis for our waterways and oceans
and an imminent concern for consumers, communities and industries.
By 2050, it is estimated that there will be more marine debris than
fish in our ocean and 80 percent of marine debris comes from
land-based sources.*
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To help address the challenge of waste in waterways and help
improve the collection of recyclables for reuse, The Coca-Cola
Foundation is contributing $1 million to The Recycling Partnership
to support a new coastal and waterway communities grant program.
The program will provide new carts with lids to targeted
communities from the shorelines of Southeast Texas up to Maine,
along the Mississippi River and Great Lakes, and in the Pacific
Northwest.
“We know from experience and research that providing lidded
curbside recycling carts is part of the solution to curbing marine
debris in developed countries,” says Keefe Harrison, CEO, The
Recycling Partnership. “By providing households with a lidded
container, we can help ensure that recyclables stay in the
recycling stream and don’t end up in our oceans, rivers and lakes.
We’re thrilled to have this grant to support much-needed recycling
infrastructure in coastal and waterway communities. We look forward
to partnering with more companies and organizations to build on The
Coca-Cola Foundation’s significant contribution towards
implementation of real-world solutions.”
In July, The Recycling Partnership will announce an RFP to
communities to apply for the coastal community cart-based grants on
its website www.recyclingpartnership.org. The grants will be
awarded on a rolling basis with work to follow shortly after in the
selected communities. As part of the cart grants, The Partnership
will team up with local organizations for a litter/beach cleanup
initiative. The rapidly growing organization will also solidify
best practices that will serve as a roadmap for local governments
to implement in other coastal and waterway communities.
“The Coca-Cola Foundation places a high priority on supporting
organizations like The Recycling Partnership that are substantially
improving recycling in communities through infrastructure and
education,” said Helen Smith Price, president, The Coca-Cola
Foundation. “Through this new program, people living in coastal and
waterway communities will be provided with the recycling program
they need to prevent recyclables from entering waterways while also
improving collection for future use.”
The Coca-Cola Company has contributed more than $13 million to
support recycling programs and infrastructure and placed more than
one million recycling bins in communities throughout the U.S. These
efforts support the Company’s recently announced World Without
Waste initiative, which aims to collect a bottle or can for every
one the Company sells by 2030.
“The Coca-Cola Company has been one of our largest and most
dedicated supporters,” says Harrison. “The Coca-Cola Foundation’s
$1 million donation to improve recycling infrastructure in coastal
and waterway communities along with the additional $2.3 million in
support The Recycling Partnership has received from The Coca-Cola
Company over the past four years, signifies their recognition of
the enormous challenge we face not just as a nation, but also as a
planet to prevent marine debris. Together we can promote cleaner
waterways by collecting more recyclables using closed-top, curbside
recycling containers.”
*Source: Stemming the Tide: Land-based strategies for a
plastic-free report. September 2015 Designed by USDC Copyright ©
McKinsey & Company and Ocean Conservancy
About The Recycling PartnershipThe Recycling Partnership
(www.recyclingpartnership.org) is a national nonprofit organization
that leverages corporate partner funding to transform recycling for
good in cities and towns all across America. As the only
organization in the country that engages the full recycling supply
chain from the corporations that manufacture products and packaging
to local governments charged with recycling to industry end
markets, haulers, material recovery facilities, and converters; The
Recycling Partnership positively impacts recycling at every step in
the process. By the end of 2018, The Recycling Partnership expects
to have served 750 communities with tools, resources and technical
support, provided 500,000 recycling carts, reached 40 million
households, and helped companies and cities invest more than $33
million in recycling infrastructure.
About The Coca-Cola FoundationThe Coca-Cola Foundation is
the global philanthropic arm of The Coca-Cola Company. Since its
inception in 1984, the Foundation has awarded more than $830
million in grants to support sustainable community initiatives
around the world. For more information about The Coca-Cola
Foundation, please visit www.coca-colagivingback.com.
About The Coca-Cola
CompanyThe Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is the
world’s largest total beverage company, offering over 500 brands to
people in more than 200 countries. Of our 21 billion-dollar brands,
19 are available in lower- and no-sugar options to help people
everywhere more easily control added sugar. In addition to our
namesake Coca-Cola drinks, some of our household names around
the world include: AdeS soy-based beverages, Ayataka green tea,
Dasani waters, Del Valle juices and nectars, Fanta, Georgia coffee,
Gold Peak teas and coffees, Honest Tea, Minute Maid juices,
Powerade sports drinks, Simply juices, smartwater, Sprite,
vitaminwater, and Zico coconut water. At Coca-Cola, we’re
serious about making positive contributions to our world. That
starts with reducing sugar in our drinks and bringing new and
different drinks to people everywhere. It also means continuously
working to reduce our environmental impact, creating rewarding
careers for our associates, and bringing economic opportunity
wherever we operate. In fact, together with our bottling partners,
we employ more than 700,000 people around the world. For more
information, visit our digital magazine Coca-Cola Journey
at www.coca-colacompany.com and follow
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