RELEASE: COCA-COLA REFRESHMENTS AND SAINT PAUL DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION PARTNER IN RECYCLING EFFORT
City of St. Paul sent this bulletin at 08/15/2013 04:09 PM CDTFor Immediate Release
August 15, 2013
CONTACT:
Karin HoltCoca-Cola Refreshments
Manager of Public Affairs & Communications
MN/DAK/IA Market Unit
kaholt@coca-cola.com
(612) 222-8883
Dan Undem
Saint Paul Department of Parks & Recreation
Dan.undem@ci.stpaul.mn.us
(612) 270-8280
Coca-cola ReFRESHMENTS AND Saint Paul Department of Parks and Recreation partner in recycling effort
Coca-Cola Refreshments presents Saint Paul Department of Parks and Recreation with 20 recycling bins and participates in a park cleanup
Saint Paul- Employees from Coca-Cola Refreshments and the Saint Paul Department of Parks and Recreation gathered for a recycling bin ceremony and park clean up at the Como Woodland Outdoor Classroom. During the ceremony, Coca-Cola donated 20 recycling bins that will be used to encourage recycling at large events like the Winter Carnival, Jazz Fest, and the Flint Hills Children’s Festival.
“These bins are a great reminder that recycling is something you should do wherever you go, not just at home,” Mayor Chris Coleman said. “These new recycling bins are a huge step forward in ensuring that visitors to events hosted in Saint Paul’s parks are given opportunities to recycle.”
Saint Paul Parks Maintenance Supervisor Karin Misiewicz spoke at the event along with Coca-Cola Refreshments’ Market Unit Sales Director Rik Schwarz.
“I cannot think of a better way to support our local community than to bring our employees out here to volunteer and to provide some much-needed recycling bins to the park system,” said Rik Schwarz from Coca-Cola Refreshments. “We enjoy being part of this community and want to see the park system continue to flourish for many years to come.”
Coca-Cola is committed to expanding community recycling programs. Since 2008, the Company has placed more than 150,000 recycling bins throughout North America. This recent donation to Saint Paul Department of Parks & Recreation will add to that figure.
“We are really happy to accept Coca-Cola’s donation of these recycling bins,” said Mike Hahm, director of the Saint Paul Department of Parks and Recreation. “We are always looking for more ways to encourage people to recycle their bottles and cans when they visit our parks and we believe these bins will do just that.”
Coca-Cola has made a goal to recover and recycle, or support the recovery and recycling of, the number of bottles and cans equivalent to 50 percent of those they have placed in the market by 2015. In 2007, The Coca-Cola Company established Coca-Cola Recycling to inform its customers and employees about the importance of recycling.
For more information on The Coca-Cola Company’s recycling initiative, go to: www.cokerecycling.com
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The Coca-Cola Company
The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is the world's largest beverage company, refreshing consumers with more than 500 sparkling and still brands. Led by Coca-Cola, the world's most valuable brand, our Company's portfolio features 16 billion-dollar brands including Diet Coke, Fanta, Sprite, Coca-Cola Zero, vitaminwater, Powerade, Minute Maid, Simply, Georgia and Del Valle. Globally, we are the No. 1 provider of sparkling beverages, ready-to-drink coffees, and juices and juice drinks. Through the world's largest beverage distribution system, consumers in more than 200 countries enjoy our beverages at a rate of more than 1.8 billion servings a day. With an enduring commitment to building sustainable communities, our Company is focused on initiatives that reduce our environmental footprint, support active, healthy living, create a safe, inclusive work environment for our associates, and enhance the economic development of the communities where we operate. Together with our bottling partners, we rank among the world's top 10 private employers with more than 700,000 system associates. For more information, visit Coca-Cola Journey at www.coca-colacompany.com, follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/CocaColaCo or check out our blog, Coca-Cola Unbottled, at www.coca-colablog.com.
About Saint Paul Parks & Recreation
Saint Paul Parks and Recreation is a nationally accredited and gold medal award-winning organization that manages more than 170 parks and open spaces, AZA accredited Como Park Zoo and Conservatory, 25 city-operated recreation centers, four municipal golf courses, more than 100 miles of trails, an indoor and two outdoor aquatic facilities, a public beach, a variety of premium sports facilities, and Great River Passage - which is the new identity for all proposed public development along Saint Paul's more than 17 miles of Mississippi riverfront. For more information about Saint Paul Parks and Recreation, visit www.stpaul.gov/parks.
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