PepsiCo, Walmart, Sam’s Club Pilot New Recycling Program PepsiCo Beverages NorthAmerica,Walmart and Sam’s Club are piloting a new program to increase recycling awareness and participation in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Tulsa-area shoppers can bring their beverage containers to be recycled Thursday to Sunday at two Walmart and two Sam’s Club locations all in Tulsa. Through the partnership, twoWalmart and two Sam’s Club locations inTulsa will provide on-site recycling services.The stores will collect polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and alu- minum beverage containers.The stores will feature trailers and visible signage in the parking lots to invite shoppers to drop off PET bottles and aluminum cans. As the trailers fill up, the pilot program’s partner, Reple- nysh, will take collected materials to local recycling facil- ities, where they will be baled and shipped to processors. Shoppers also will be incentivized to participate by earning rewards and prizes each week by using the Replenysh app. According to a news release from PepsiCo Beverages North America, Oklahoma has one mixed recycling facility to serve the state’s 4 million residents. Providing on-site re- cycling at these four locations will help to build out a decen- tralized recycling network to make recycling more accessi- ble for Oklahoma residents. PepsiCo reports that the collection of these recyclables at these stores will become part of a closed loop, maximiz- ing recycling convenience and increasing access to clean recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET). The company said this ultimately supports a circular economy and helps to advance the shared mission of PepsiCo, Sam’s Club and Walmart to achieve 100 percent recyclable or compostable packaging by 2025. Reportedly, 87 percent of PepsiCo’s packaging is currently recyclable where facilities exist, com- postable or biodegradable. Walmart and Sam’s Club hit 62 percent of its private brand packaging as being recyclable, reusable or industrially compostable. Shred America Acquires Shred One KC Shred America, Fort Mill, South Carolina, has acquired Shred One KC, an Independence, Missouri-based National Association for Information Destruction (NAID) certified company. The purchase marks Shred America’s second ac- quisition. Shred One KC’s mission-based operation is a divi- sion of Job One, which employs adults with disabilities.The social enterprise grew steadily from 2004, the year it was founded, to serve more than 250 commercial customers and one of the largest government organizations in the nation, according to Shred America. Shred America is a veteran-owned document and informa- tion destruction company that has offices in South Caroli- na (Carolina Shred), Texas, Louisiana, Florida, Georgia and Pennsylvania.The company also provides national coverage through its Shred America Partner Network and has grown from one truck to more than 20 trucks in four years and has clients in more than 40 states.
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