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Curbside value partnership expands to two Pennsylvania counties.


Pennsylvania's York and Lancaster counties have set a goal to increase residential curbside curb·side  
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2. A sidewalk.

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Located, operating, or occurring at or along the sidewalk or curb:
 recycling among participating municipalities by 10 percent before the end of 2007.

The Aluminum Can Council's Curbside Value Partnership (CVP CVP central venous pressure.

CVP
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) has selected PROP (Professional Recyclers of Pennsylvania) and the Solid Waste Management Authorities of Lancaster and York counties to participate in its campaign to increase participation in local curbside recycling programs.

"This is a wonderful opportunity for two counties in Pennsylvania The following is a list of the sixty-seven counties of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States of America. The city of Philadelphia is coterminous with Philadelphia County, and governmental functions have been consolidated since 1854.  to work together to educate residents about recycling," John Frederick John Frederick is the (English) name of:
  • Johann Friedrich I "the Magnanimous", Elector of Saxony (1503–1554)
  • John Frederick II, Duke of Saxony-Coburg-Eisenach, "the middle one" (1529–1595)
  • Johann Friedrich, 7th Duke of Württemberg (1582–1628)
, executive director of the PROP, says. "So many counties across the state face the same challenges when it comes to marketing their curbside recycling programs. This partnership will help demonstrate that working together to share messages and resources can be a win for everyone."

With more than 35 partnerships in place, the invitation-only CVP program, sponsored by the Aluminum Association and Can Manufacturer's Institute and their funding members, including Alcoa, Anheiser-Busch Metal Container, ARCO ar·co  
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, Ball, Novelis and REXAM, works with individual communities to increase participation and awareness of local curbside recycling programs.

In Lancaster and York counties, the campaign will focus on educating residents on materials that can be recycled through their curbside programs.

"Sometimes people really want to do the right thing but they don't realize that putting unacceptable materials in the bin, such as plastic toys Plastic Toys are an electro-rock band formed in late 2003 based in Southampton, UK. The 4-piece group are made up of Jon Plastic (Vocals/Guitars), Kitty Brooks (Bass), Si Jackson (Guitars) and Ben Coley (Drums).  and mirrors, actually hurts the entire recycling stream," Tim Breneisen, recycling manager, Lancaster County Sold Waste Management Authority, says. "We want to get people in the habit of recycling all of the accepted materials, all of the time."

Created four years ago, the national CVP program is a research-based partnership with communities, haulers, material recovery facilities (MRFs) and other stakeholders Stakeholders

All parties that have an interest, financial or otherwise, in a firm-stockholders, creditors, bondholders, employees, customers, management, the community, and the government.
 to identify solutions to improving curbside recycling programs and address recycling rates.

More information on the Curbside Value Partnership, including data and research that supports the partnership's findings, is available at www. RecycleOurbside.org.
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Title Annotation:MUNICIPAL RECYCLING
Publication:Recycling Today
Date:Jul 1, 2007
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