PepsiCo has scaled up its commitment to The Recycling Partnership, and a leader at the beverage company says the money will be geared toward improving local programs. The beverage giant announced July 31 it will provide the nonprofit recycling advancement group with S10 million, which will be allocated at $2 million per year over five years, according to PepsiCo. It will be spent in two areas: increasing access to recycling and improving recycling programs through education. The partners are hoping the new effort, titled All In On Recycling, will bring in other companies to raise $25 million total. With that full amount, the initiative would help roughly 2,800 communities around the country, and it would generate 1.9 million tons of recyclables during the next five years. That includes an estimated 7 billion bottles and cans. According to PepsiCo, the communities that participate in the initiative would bring an estimated additional $75 million in municipal funding. Initial funding will go toward recycling efforts in the Central Ohio region; El Paso, Texas; Miami and the state of Michigan, according to the release.
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