Dive Brief:
- Falls Church, VA-based The Recycling Partnership now has three new cities working with it as community partners. The names of the cities will be announced after their contracts have been approved.
- Previously known as the Curbside Value Partnership, the national recycling nonprofit began in 2003 with the goal of increasing curbside recycling across the country.
- One of the inaugural city partners of the nonprofit is Florence, AL, which recently distributed recycling carts to households.
Dive Insight:
A lot of the success of recycling depends upon the relative ease with which residents and businesses can recycle. Making it easier for people to recycle has been shown to increase collection rates.
