‘Do You Recycle?’ challenge launches in Atlanta

‘Do You Recycle?’ challenge launches in Atlanta
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The Recycling Partnership, Falls Church, Virginia, along with several other groups are launching the “Do You Recycle?” challenge in Atlanta as a way to increase recycling participation among multifamily properties in the city and improve the quality of recyclables being diverted from the landfills. Other groups involved in the challenge include Live Thrive, Atlanta Housing, Livable Buckhead, Georgia Recycling Coalition, Atlanta Recycles, The Atlanta Apartment Association and The City of Atlanta Office of Resilience.

According to a news release from The Recycling Partnership, the challenge aims to engage with 100 multifamily buildings, providing training and education about recycling over the next 12 months. The Recycling Partnership says the challenge expands a pilot program that it conducted earlier this year with AMLI Residential and Gables Residential property portfolios, which reached about 5,000 residents across 10 buildings.

“As part of our three-year commitment to the city of Atlanta, funded in part by The Coca-Cola Foundation, The Recycling Partnership is excited to offer multifamily properties across the city resources that will keep valuable recyclables out of landfills while improving the quality of recyclables that can be used as feedstock for Georgia’s continuously growing recycling industry,” says Cecilia Shutters, community program manager at The Recycling Partnership. “Using our best-in-class education and outreach materials, property managers will work directly with local community partners to drive measurable change through the ‘Do You Recycle?’ challenge.”

According to The Recycling Partnership, participating properties will use a newly developed version of Zabble’s measurement app to track and measure progress.

Live Thrive, an Atlanta-based recycling nonprofit organization, will serve as the community hub for the ‘Do You Recycle?’ challenge. Last year Live Thrive’s Center for Hard to Recycle Materials (CHaRM) diverted 1,370 tons from landfills, much of which came from multifamily residents, making Live Thrive a natural fit to be the managing program partner for the challenge. 

“Live Thrive is thrilled to be hosting the ‘Do You Recycle?’ challenge alongside The Recycling Partnership and the incredible group of change making organizations who will work together to help multifamily properties do even more to make a positive impact for their communities, their city and the planet,” says Peggy Whitlow Ratcliffe, executive director of Live Thrive.

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Source: Recycling Today
‘Do You Recycle?’ challenge launches in Atlanta
<![CDATA[The Recycling Partnership, Falls Church, Virginia, along with several other groups are launching the “Do You Recycle?” challenge in Atlanta as a way to increase recycling participation among multifamily properties in the city and improve the quality of recyclables being diverted from the landfills. Other groups involved in the challenge include Live Thrive, Atlanta Housing, Livable Buckhead, Georgia Recycling Coalition, Atlanta Recycles, The Atlanta Apartment Association and The City of Atlanta Office of Resilience. According to a news release from The Recycling Partnership, the challenge aims to engage with 100 multifamily buildings, providing training and education about recycling over the next 12 months. The Recycling Partnership says the challenge expands a pilot program that it conducted earlier this year with AMLI Residential and Gables Residential property portfolios, which reached about 5,000 residents across 10 buildings. “As part of our three-year commitment to the city of Atlanta, funded in part by The Coca-Cola Foundation, The Recycling Partnership is excited to offer multifamily properties across the city resources that will keep valuable recyclables out of landfills while improving the quality of recyclables that can be used as feedstock for Georgia’s continuously growing recycling industry,” says Cecilia Shutters, community program manager at The…