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IBWA offers new recycling plan

The board of directors for the International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) has endorsed the framework of a new recycling venture aimed squarely at improving local diversion. The blueprint “Material Recovery Program” works by setting temporary recycling goals and then funding diversion through grants from bottled water companies and local governments.
Specifically, the program supports multi-stakeholder, public/private corporations that establish community specific recycling goals, generate grant revenue from producer responsibility fees and public/private contributions, and then dissolve when the aforementioned recycling goals have been reached.
Money from the grants can be used to fund recycling infrastructure, equipment improvements, or community education campaigns. The IBWA says the new program is flexible enough to be tailored to the needs and funding resources available to a variety of communities.

Cited from Plastics Recycling Update