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RE: [GreenYes] Coke and Recycling
More to the point would be to lobby Coca-Cola to have returnable - reusable
bottles -like they have done in Denmark!
Nicky Scott

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Wayne Turner [SMTP:WAYNET@cityofws.org]
> Sent:	11 September 2002 13:11
> To:	Greenyes@grrn.org
> Subject:	[GreenYes] Coke and Recycling
> 
> Apologies for cross-postings or duplication.
> From Recycling Today
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> 
> Coke Gets Into Recycling Act
> 9/5/2002
> 
> A "Green Team" of volunteers organized by the Sprite brand of the
> Coca-Cola Co., Atlanta, helped recycle half a ton of material at a recent
> concert in that city.
> 
> 
> The Green Team collected the material at 75 recycling bins placed at last
> week's Liquid Mix concert at Atlanta's HiFi Buys Amphitheater. Plastic
> soft drink and water bottles were among the recyclables collected.
> 
> 
> Coca-Cola conducted the program as an experiment in away-from-home
> recycling. Most concert venues around the country don't regularly collect
> recyclables, according to the company. 
> 
> At the concert, Coca-Cola organized Green Team volunteers to direct
> containers into recycling bins and reward concert-goers "caught in the
> act" of recycling.  "In the end, we kept half a ton of plastic and
> cardboard from Georgia landfills that wouldn't have been recycled without
> the Green Team," says Heather Shaw of Widmeyer Communications, an agency
> that worked with Coke to conduct the recycling effort. 
> 
> The Liquid Mix Tour concludes on Sunday, Sept. 8 at San Francisco's
> Shoreline Amphitheatre, where another Green Team will lead an
> away-from-home recycling campaign, according to Shaw. 
> 
> The Liquid Mix tour played in 15 cities during August in September
> featuring pop music acts such as Jay-Z, the Roc-a-Fella Family,
> Hoobastank, Nappy Roots, N.E.R.D., Nonpoint and Talib Kweli. 
> 
> 
> In addition to live music, the six-hour events have also featured
> street-type skaters, BMX bikers, urban graffiti artists, an urban fashion
> show and a video gaming area.
> 
> Thursday, September 5, 2002
> 
> 
> 
> 
> B. Wayne Turner
> City of Winston-Salem
> Utilities Division
> phone: (336) 727 8418
> email: waynet@cityofws.org
> 
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