Greenville, South Carolina, joins The Recycling Partnership

The Recycling Partnership, Falls Church, Virginia, has announced its second 2015 grantee: Greenville, South Carolina. 

Greenville will use its grant from the Recycling Partnership toward the purchase of 96-gallon recycling carts and education campaign resources. The Recycling Partnership also includes technical assistance support that encourages the use of educational and operational best practices. 

“Greenville runs a strong program that will greatly benefit from the added capacity at the curb,” Recycling Partnership Executive Director Keefe Harrison says. “We are glad to build on existing work happening in South Carolina to feed even more quality material to hungry end markets within the state and across the region.”

Greenville anticipates cart distribution to begin in April 2016, the Recycling Partnership says. In addition to upgrading to 96-gallon carts, the city also anticipates adding plastic containers to the list of material it accepts curbside. 

Allison Brockman, the city’s recycling coordinator, says the Recycling Partnership’s mission and grant program aligned well with the city’s endeavor to convert its existing recycling program to an automated cart-based collection system. She says the two-pronged support—funding and technical assistance—stemming from the collaboration is invaluable as the city undertakes this major change.

“Once fully implemented, the recycling roll-cart collection system will deliver numerous benefits to the Greenville community, including improved residential recycling rates, less waste entering the landfill and, most importantly, a more convenient method for residents to recycle more at the curbside,” Brockman says. “Working with the Recycling Partnership will help ensure that the transition to the new recycling collection system in 2016 is as seamless as possible for Greenville residents.”

The Recycling Partnership says it is actively assisting 69 communities, reaching a total of 1.2 million households. In addition to Greenville, the Recycling Partnership has awarded grants to two other communities this year: one in East Lansing, Michigan, and one yet to be announced. 

The Recycling Partnership is a 501(c)(3) organization that seeks to improve recycling programs nationwide. Through grant programs and free newsletters, webinars, workshops and tools, it provides practical and tactical assistance to communities.