[OKC] Recycling Bins for Special Event Initiatives

Tue May 31 07:58:43 PDT 2011

Jennifer Alig

**My email has changed to Jennifer.Alig at deq.ok.gov.**

From: Katelyn Kiernan [mailto:kkiernan at kab.org] 
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 11:04 AM
Subject: Anheuser-Busch Foundation and Keep America Beauitful Provide
Recycling Bins for Special Event Initiatives

CONTACTS

Robert Wallace/Kelley Dennings

Tel: 203.659.3016, 202.688.0605

Email: rwallace at kab.org / kdennings at kab.org
Web site: www.kab.org <http://www.kab.org/>   

For Immediate Release

Anheuser-Busch Foundation and Keep America Beautiful Provide 
Recycling Bins for Special Event Initiatives

- National Lend-A-Bin Grant Applications Due June 30 -

STAMFORD, Conn. (May 26, 2011) - The Anheuser-Busch Foundation and Keep
America Beautiful (KAB) have partnered to establish the "Lend-A-Bin
Grant Program." Their efforts support local organizations seeking to
provide recycling opportunities at special events and promote the habit
of recycling "on-the-go" in their communities.  Applications are now
open to participate in this program.

"Diverting material from disposal into recycling systems creates jobs,
saves energy, decreases pollution and provides recycled content material
for new products," said Matthew M. McKenna, president and CEO of Keep
America Beautiful. "We're delighted that Anheuser-Busch has provided
funding to support this important effort."

Organizations that receive bin grants will be responsible for
identifying local recycling opportunities and lending the bins to others
in their communities.

"The 'Lend-A-Bin Grant Program' empowers local organizations to support
special events and 'on-the-go' recycling locations that otherwise may
not receive these resources," said Kathy Casso, Anheuser-Busch vice
president of Corporate Social Responsibility.  "With new programs like
this and many others, Keep America Beautiful offers practical and
effective methods to help preserve and protect our world." 

An I ROGO (Recycle on the Go) social media presence will accompany the
grant program. Those that borrow the recycling bins will be given I ROGO
campaign material that will direct users to Facebook.  Organizations
with the most chatter about Recycling On The Go will receive prizes.

Applications must be registered online at http://lendabingrant.org/ by
June 30, 2011. As part of the grant request, applicants will be asked to
describe their program needs, request preferred bin type (from a
selection of three models), and describe how bins will be lent out to
others for special one-time events. Recipients will be selected based on
demonstration of the greatest potential impact.

Applications are open to state and local government agencies, Keep
America Beautiful affiliates and members of State Recycling
Organizations. Keep America Beautiful will contact grantees in July 2011
to offer guidance, confirm their needs, and solidify bin selection.
Suppliers will deliver bins directly to the recipients throughout the
summer.

About Keep America Beautiful, Inc.

Keep America Beautiful, Inc., established in 1953, is the nation's
largest volunteer-based community action and education organization.
With a network of over 1,200 affiliate and participating organizations,
Keep America Beautiful forms public-private partnerships and programs
that engage individuals to take greater responsibility for improving
their community's environment. To learn more, visit www.kab.org

About Anheuser-Busch 

Anheuser-Busch and its employees build on a legacy of corporate social
responsibility by focusing on three keys areas: promoting alcohol
responsibility, preserving and protecting the environment and supporting
local communities.  In the past three decades, Anheuser-Busch and its
wholesalers have committed more than $875 million in national
advertising campaigns and community-based programs to encourage
responsible drinking and prevent underage drinking and drunk driving.
Anheuser-Busch reduced total water use at its breweries by 34 percent in
the last three years and the company has been a leading aluminum
recycler for more than 30 years.  Since 1997, Anheuser-Busch and its
Foundation have invested in local communities through donations of
nearly $475 million to charitable organizations.  The company also has
provided more than 69 million cans of drinking water to people impacted
by natural and other disasters since 1988.  Based in St. Louis,
Anheuser-Busch, the leading American brewer, is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch InBev, the leading global brewer, and
continues to operate under the Anheuser-Busch name and logo.  For more
information, visit www.anheuser-busch.com.

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