Dive summary:

• Chicago’s recycling program is getting a $2.59 million grant from Coca-Cola to bring 25,000 blue-cart recycling bins to areas in Chicago that haven’t received them yet.
• Over the next five years, Coca-Cola will donate an additional 25,000 recycling bins.
• The city decided to expand curbside recycling after a 6-month test run in part of the city that saved Chicago $2.2 million.

From the article:

Mr. Emanuel announced the city had saved $2.2 million in the first six months of a test in which private companies collected recyclables in a portion of the city and unionized city workers collected them in another. The test was so successful that the city decided to expand recycling pickup to the remaining 340,000 Chicago households, beyond the 260,000 homes that had been receiving service.

"No longer will Chicago be a tale of two cities when it comes to recycling," he said. ...