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PepsiCo commits to raising recycling rates
PepsiCo recently announced that it intends to push higher beverage container recycling rates in the U.S. through a series of partnerships, commitments and company goals. The company announced the lofty goal of reaching a 50-percent U.S. beverage container recycling rate by 2018.
The goals, developed in cooperation with socially responsible investment firm Walden Asset Management and As You Sow — a foundation promoting corporate social responsibility through shareholder engagement — include such goals as to “work with other U.S. industry leaders in support of programs and policies that effectively increase recycling,” and to “develop innovative U.S. retail customer and consumer programs that support the recycling of beverage containers,” according to the company’s press release announcing the action.
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