Alcoa Foundation is partnering with Keep America Beautiful (KAB) and the College & University Recycling Coalition (CURC) to provide more than 11,500 recycling bins to 35 college and universities throughout the United States. These recycling bins will help to expand on-campus recycling programs and raise awareness about the environmental impact of recycling.
The Alcoa Foundation Recycling Bin Grant Program was created to help schools boost their recycling results during the eight-week RecycleMania tournament, and strengthen their recycling efforts by reaching more than 300,000 students, staff, faculty and campus visitors throughout the year. RecycleMania, which concludes on March 31, is a competition that aims to change behavior about recycling and raise awareness about waste reduction programs on college campuses.
“We’re proud to partner with Keep America Beautiful and the College & University Recycling Coalition to provide more than 11,500 recycling bins to college and university campuses,” said Paula Davis, president, Alcoa Foundation. “The recycling bin grant program reinforces Alcoa and Alcoa Foundation’s commitment to increasing recycling rates in the U.S. to 75 percent by 2015.”
“Alcoa Foundation has been a true leader in advancing recycling nationwide through its recycling bin grant and other programs,” said Matthew M. McKenna, president and CEO, Keep America Beautiful. “Its involvement with RecycleMania and the College & University Recycling Coalition’s webinar series has helped to increase recycling on campuses and instill a recycling ethic that college students will carry with them the rest of their lives.”
The grantees will each receive between 100 and 1,500 recycling bins in different on-campus settings – student housing and academic buildings, athletic facilities, administrative offices and in outdoor public spaces. This year’s variety of recycling bins has enabled selected schools to install additional recycling infrastructure where they need it most in an effort to divert recyclables from the waste stream.
The Alcoa Foundation Recycling Bin Grant Program recipients are:
The Alcoa Foundation Recycling Bin Grant Program was created to help schools boost their recycling results during the eight-week RecycleMania tournament, and strengthen their recycling efforts by reaching more than 300,000 students, staff, faculty and campus visitors throughout the year. RecycleMania, which concludes on March 31, is a competition that aims to change behavior about recycling and raise awareness about waste reduction programs on college campuses.
“We’re proud to partner with Keep America Beautiful and the College & University Recycling Coalition to provide more than 11,500 recycling bins to college and university campuses,” said Paula Davis, president, Alcoa Foundation. “The recycling bin grant program reinforces Alcoa and Alcoa Foundation’s commitment to increasing recycling rates in the U.S. to 75 percent by 2015.”
“Alcoa Foundation has been a true leader in advancing recycling nationwide through its recycling bin grant and other programs,” said Matthew M. McKenna, president and CEO, Keep America Beautiful. “Its involvement with RecycleMania and the College & University Recycling Coalition’s webinar series has helped to increase recycling on campuses and instill a recycling ethic that college students will carry with them the rest of their lives.”
The grantees will each receive between 100 and 1,500 recycling bins in different on-campus settings – student housing and academic buildings, athletic facilities, administrative offices and in outdoor public spaces. This year’s variety of recycling bins has enabled selected schools to install additional recycling infrastructure where they need it most in an effort to divert recyclables from the waste stream.
The Alcoa Foundation Recycling Bin Grant Program recipients are:
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- Baylor College of Medicine (TX)
- Boston College (MA)
- Bridgewater College (VA)
- Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
- Clarkson University (NY)
- College of Charleston (SC)
- Cuyahoga Community College (OH)
- DePauw University (IN)
- East Tennessee State University (TN)
- Eastern Illinois University (IL)
- Fontbonne University (MO)
- Franklin College (IN)
- Glendale Community College (AZ)
- Indiana State University (IN)
- Ivy Tech Community College, Wabash Valley (IN)
- Kansas State University (KS)
- Kent State University (OH)
- Keystone College (PA)
- Lewis and Clark Community College (IL)
- Michigan State University (MI)
- Northern Illinois University (IL)
- Northwest Missouri State University (MO)
- Saint Louis University (MO)
- Southern Illinois University Carbondale (IL)
- Spelman College (GA)
- Stark State College (OH)
- The University of Akron (OH)
- The University of Toledo (OH)
- University of Georgia (GA)
- University of Illinois – Chicago (IL)
- University of Missouri – Kansas City (MO)
- University of Tennessee (TN)
- University of Texas – Austin (TX)
- Western Carolina University (NC)
