HomeMy WebLinkAbout11.18.2024 --2024_Texas Recycles Day Grant TRD_Swiss Cheese Release
For Immediate Release 11/19/2024
For more information: Melinda Brown, Community Engagement
Manager / City of Plainview, 806-296-1100
City of Plainview / Keep Plainview Beautiful
Receives Texas Recycles Day Grant from Keep Texas Beautiful
Keep Plainview Beautiful Receives Funding to Strengthen Recycling in Plainview
In celebration of Texas Recycles Day, Keep Texas Beautiful (KTB) is thrilled to award a 2024
Texas Recycles Day Grant to Keep Plainview Beautiful (KPB)! Thanks to generous funding
from Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages, an Arca-Continental company, this grant is part of
a $60,000 fund shared among eight communities across Texas. It will help boost and
enhance the City of Plainview’s recycling programs, making a powerful impact on local
sustainability efforts.
To assist with implementing their project, the City of Plainview / KPB has received $5,000 to
begin and support their proposed community project. The City of Plainview Solid Waste
Department will complete their project by June 2025.
They plan to create video commercials for social media and community presentations and
organize events to educate citizens on the blue box recycling program.
In addition to Plainview, the affiliate communities of Coppell, Dickinson, La Marque,
Mission, Real County, Snyder, and Victoria also received a 2024 Texas Recycles Day Grant.
“We’re incredibly appreciative of Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages’ commitment to
recycling initiatives across Texas,” says Suzanne Kho, Executive Director of KTB. “Their
support strengthens local programs and empowers our communities to make a real
difference in sustainability efforts statewide. We’re excited to see the positive impact
these community projects will bring!”
To learn more about KTB resources and opportunities, or to get involved with your local
affiliate, visit www.ktb.org.
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About Keep Plainview Beautiful
Keep Plainview Beautiful is a non-profit organization focused on doing what its name implies
– keeping the city beautiful. It has implemented programs to clean up litter, reduce waste,
recycle it when possible, educate local citizens and just enhance the community
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For Immediate Release 11/19/2024
For more information: Melinda Brown, Community Engagement
Manager / City of Plainview, 806-296-1100
About Keep Texas Beautiful
Keep Texas Beautiful (KTB) is a non-profit organization dedicated to making Texas the best
place to live, work, and play! Our mission is to inspire and empower Texans to make their
communities clean and beautiful. We provide resources for community improvement
projects, recycling, clean-ups, and youth engagement efforts across the state. Through the
Keep Texas Recycling program, we provide technical assistance, education, and market
access to increase recycling in rural and underserved communities.
Everything we do focuses on mobilizing volunteers to take action by providing them with
tools, resources, and training. Founded in 1967, Keep Texas Beautiful’s work is driven by its
network of affiliate members, communities, volunteers, and supporters that span the state
and reach 17 million Texans annually.
For more information and to find your closest affiliate, visit ktb.org. Follow us on
Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram.
About CCSWB
Dallas-based Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages (CCSWB), a company of Arca Continental,
is one of the largest Coca-Cola bottlers in the United States. CCSWB produces, markets
and distributes Coca-Cola brands throughout Texas and parts of New Mexico, Oklahoma
and Arkansas. The company employs more than 8,500 associates who operate 7
production plants and 37 distribution facilities, serving more than 31 million consumers.
Headquartered in Monterrey, Mexico, Arca Continental is one of the largest Coca-Cola
bottlers in the world with an outstanding history spanning more than 97 years. Within its
Coca-Cola franchise, Arca Continental serves more than 118 million consumers in Mexico,
Argentina, Ecuador, Peru, and the Southwestern U.S. Arca Continental also produces and
markets snacks under the brand names Wise in the U.S., Bokados in Mexico and Inalecsa
in Ecuador. For more information, visit www.cocacolaswb.com and
www.arcacontal.com.
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