Dive summary:

• During the past years soldiers and their families at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, have collected enough recycling to raise $1 million which will be put back into the community to improve the lives of soldiers and their families.
• The money from the program will go to projects such as: installing spin bikes at gyms, building exercise and playground equipment, and installing a kiddie train and a skate park.
• The more than 8,500 residents of Fort Bliss collected items such as brass casings from spent ammunition, paper, plastic, aluminum and tin cans, used motor oil, car batteries, tires and ink and toner cartridges.

From the article:

"I'm excited that we've come to the point in the program where everyone is talking recycling," Lenhart said. "Hopefully, we'll be able to recycle more in the future."

During the check presentation, Maj. Gen. Dana J.H. Pittard, commander of the 1st Armored Division and Fort Bliss, set a new a goal of raising $1.5 million through recycling during the current fiscal year.

"It's all about sustainability," said Terri Smythe, Fort Bliss recycling center manager. "That's why we have solar fields (at Fort Bliss) and are getting water out of the ground that was too briny to drink (through the desalination plant). That's all vision and environmental stewardship that's come out of the Army for some time now." ...