N.J. county joins curbside value partnership.The Aluminum Can Council and Burlington County, N.J., officials hope to increase curbside recycling participation among county residents as the Aluminum Can Council's (ACC See adaptive cruise control. ) Curbside Value Partnership (CVP CVP central venous pressure. CVP abbr. central venous pressure CVP central venous pressure. CVP Central venous pressure, see there ) begins working with the county on a campaign to educate residents on the benefits of curbside recycling. The ACC says it selected Burlington County for the partnership because its recycling program is already ranked among the best in the state. Additionally, the Burlington County also has the ability to collect data to measure the program's success, which the ACC describes as critical to ensuring a successful partnership. "We have three central goals for this partnership," says Steve Thompson Steve Thompson or Steven Thompson may be:
Burlington County Recycling Coordinator Ann Moore says, "We already have a strong curbside recycling program in Burlington County. However, research shows there are still a large number of households that are not recycling for many reasons such as not having access to recycling buckets." Moore adds that the partnership with the ACC will identify the barriers that currently hinder participation in Burlington County's curbside recycling program and will provide access to resources that could help to increase participation rates. The partnership will involve countywide communications to residents with an added focus on five communities where bin usage and promotion will be heightened. Additionally, the ACC will co-fund the purchase of new recycling containers and will provide public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most , marketing and logistics resources to the county to help disseminate recycling messages and to measure their effectiveness. The CVP also has announced a strategic partnership with the Association of New Jersey Recyclers (ANJR ANJR Association of New Jersey Recyclers ). Following the successful implementation of the Burlington County campaign, the ACC and ANJR will work together to roll-out a statewide recycling education program. The Curbside Value Partnership was created by the Aluminum Can Council to increase residential participation in local curbside recycling programs and make curbside programs more profitable and sustainable. Current CVP partner communities include Kansas City Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, NW Mo. (inc. 1850). , Mo.; Brevard County, Florida Brevard County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida, along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2007 U.S. Census Bureau estimates, the population is 534,359[1]. Because of the presence of the John F. ; Indian River Indian River, lagoon, c.100 mi (160 km) long, E Fla., parallel to the east coast from N of Titusville to Stuart. Along the lagoon a variety of citrus and vegetable products are grown and transported by small boats to towns on its waterway and those further inland. , Fla.; Denver; Orlando; and Dallas. More information on the program is available online at www.RecycleCurbside.org. |
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