“The investment in McKinney’s recycling program goes hand in hand with Texas Beverage Association’s efforts to promote a cleaner, healthier environment,” said Carol McGarah, executive director of the Texas Beverage Association. “The educational aspect of this grant is so important to getting more of our bottles recycled, so they can be remade as intended.”
The education campaign will support efforts by residents to recycle more and recycle better, which reduces contamination in the recycling bin and leads to a higher chance of valuable material being remade. This project is expected to yield 87 million new pounds of recyclables over the next decade, including nearly 3.4 million pounds of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic and more than 1.1 million pounds of aluminum, both of which are used to make recyclable cans and bottles.
