PepsiCo Inc. , headquartered in Purchase, N.Y., has announced 2,500 Free Green Cans will be placed throughout the Chicago Park District. The company’s Dream Machine recycling initiative is the official sponsor of the new program.
Free Green Cans are dual purpose recycle/trash bins designed to provide residents and visitors with a way to recycle their plastic bottles and aluminum cans.
According to a press release, PepsiCo says it will donate to the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV), a national program offering free experiential training in entrepreneurship and small business management to post-9/11 United States’ veterans with disabilities based on the number cans and bottles collected in the Dream Machine bins and kiosks.
Jeremy Cage, senior vice president of innovation and insights at PepsiCo and head of the Dream Machine recycling initiative, says, "We are thrilled to work with Free Green Can on this unique extension of the Dream Machine recycling program. By recycling a bottle or can in a Dream Machine-sponsored Free Green Can, residents and visitors of Chicago can help make a real difference for our planet and in the lives of disabled U.S. veterans."
More information can be found at www.pepsico.com and www.freegreencan.com.
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