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Anheuser-Busch and KAB support recycling programs Recycling programs in 75 towns and cities throughout the country are receiving a significant boost to their local recycling efforts as nonprofit Keep America Beautiful (KAB) and the Anheuser-Busch Foundation announced the recipients of the 2011 Lend-A-Bin Grant program. The winners of this year's Lend-A-Bin Grants: Anderson County Solid Waste, TN In its first year, the Lend-A-Bin Grant program is providing more than 3,500 recycling bins designed for use at special events such as concerts, festivals and athletic events. The grant program is sponsored by the Anheuser-Busch Foundation and is designed to support local community recycling programs by providing the collapsible bins to selected organizations for them to lend or rent for the collection of recyclable beverage containers. “This grant program makes financial sense, has great reach and creates a win-win for recyclers,” said Matthew M. McKenna, president and CEO, Keep America Beautiful, Inc. “Local recycling organizations will now have a cache of recycling bins that can be lent out – over and over again – to multiple special event organizers. These event organizers won’t have to purchase and store bins throughout the year, and we know this will result in expanded recycling access for the public.” Chosen from nearly 200 applications submitted, the 75 grant recipients represent a cross-section of local government agencies, Keep America Beautiful affiliates and members of state recycling organizations. Recipients, representing communities in 30 states, were chosen by KAB based on a number of criteria including efficiency, planning, recycling experience, promotion, sustainability, amount of recyclables anticipated to be collected and reach.
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