STAMFORD, Conn., May 3, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- With more beverages
being consumed away from home and on-the-go, it's increasingly
important to make recycling more convenient by providing more
away-from-home opportunities to recycle. The Dr Pepper Snapple
Group/Keep America Beautiful Park Recycling Bin Grant Program –
which opened its 2016 application process this week – does
just that.
Now in its fourth year, the grant program from Dr Pepper Snapple
Group (NYSE:DPS) and Keep America Beautiful has awarded more than
2,500 recycling bins to local governments and community
organizations across 33 states to expand the availability of
recycling in a variety of park settings, including neighborhood and
larger regional parks, beaches, athletic fields and walking
trails.
To apply for the merit-based grant program, interested
organizations and communities complete an online form, detailing
their proposal and selecting the number and style of recycling bin
from a pre-set selection of options. Keep America Beautiful will
competitively review and award grants based on need and likelihood
to recover significant quantities of recyclables. Preference will
also be given to applicants that agree to match the grant by
purchasing additional recycling bins at a discounted cost.
Arrangements will be made to deliver the recycling bins directly to
the grant recipients in September 2016. Applications are open
for submission at irecycleonthego.wordpress.com through
June 10, 2016.
"The Dr Pepper Snapple Group/Keep America Beautiful Park
Recycling Bin Grant Program continues to be a win-win for
communities and the environment," said Vicki Draughn, vice president of corporate
affairs for Dr Pepper Snapple Group. "People can enjoy cleaner
public places with their friends and families while helping reduce
the material collected away from the home that heads to
landfills."
The lack of away-from-home recycling opportunities is reflected
in a recent national survey Keep America Beautiful conducted
addressing which locations people normally recycle. While 92
percent said they recycled at home, only 19 percent indicated that
they typically recycle in public parks. Additional research
conducted by Keep America Beautiful indicated only 12 percent of
surveyed public locations had recycling infrastructure in place to
recover the containers. The Dr Pepper Snapple Group/Keep America
Beautiful Park Recycling Bin Grant Program is designed to address
the dual obstacles of overcoming lack of recycling convenience.
"Convenience is one of the key factors in making recycling a
daily habit and an expected social norm," said Brenda Pulley, senior vice president/recycling,
Keep America Beautiful. "Our partnership with Dr Pepper Snapple
Group is helping make public parks cleaner, greener and more
beautiful simply by making opportunities to recycle easier."
In addition to improving recycling opportunities, the grant
program will make additional funds available to Keep America
Beautiful community-based affiliates or other grant recipients who
commit to conducting a Litter Index in conjunction with the grant
to help study the effects of the recycling bins to reduce litter in
the immediate areas of the bins. Read more about Keep America
Beautiful's efforts to End Littering in America, Improve Recycling
in America, and Beautify America's Communities at
http://www.kab.org.
About Keep America Beautiful
At Keep America
Beautiful, we want to ensure that beauty is our lasting signature.
A leading national nonprofit, Keep America Beautiful inspires and
educates people to take action every day to improve and beautify
their community environment. We envision a country where every
community is a clean, green, and beautiful place to live.
Established in 1953, Keep America Beautiful provides the expertise,
programs and resources to help people End Littering, Improve
Recycling, and Beautify America's Communities. The organization is
driven by the work and passion of more than 600 community-based
Keep America Beautiful affiliates, millions of volunteers, and the
support of corporate partners, municipalities, elected officials,
and individuals. To learn how you can donate or take action, visit
kab.org. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram, like us on Facebook,
or view us on YouTube.
About Dr Pepper Snapple Group
Dr Pepper Snapple Group
(NYSE: DPS) is a leading producer of flavored beverages in
North America and the Caribbean. Our success is fueled by more than
50 brands that are synonymous with refreshment, fun and flavor. We
have 6 of the top 10 non-cola soft drinks, and 13 of our 14 leading
brands are No. 1 or No. 2 in their flavor categories. In addition
to our flagship Dr Pepper and Snapple brands, our portfolio
includes 7UP, A&W, Canada Dry, Clamato, Crush, Hawaiian Punch,
Mott's, Mr & Mrs T mixers, Peñafiel, Rose's, Schweppes, Squirt
and Sunkist soda. To learn more about our iconic brands and
Plano, Texas-based company, please
visit DrPepperSnapple.com. For our latest news and updates, follow
us at Facebook.com/DrPepperSnapple or Twitter.com/DrPepperSnapple.
For more information on DPS's philanthropic efforts and
sustainability goals, visit
www.dpsgsustainability.com.
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CONTACTS
Mike Rosen / Larry
Kaufman
Keep America
Beautiful
Tel:
203.659.3008/203.659.3014
Email:
mrosen@kab.org / lkaufman@kab.org
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Chris
Barnes
Dr Pepper Snapple
Group
Tel:
972.673.5539
Email:
Chris.Barnes@dpsg.com
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