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#HereForYou Spotlight: Today we’re shining a light on Michelle Chavez of Swire Coca-Cola, USA in Wilsonville, Ore. Michelle is her facility’s “Community Champion,” a designation held by individuals at each Swire Coca-Cola location who lead their team in showing up for their community through volunteering and events. This April, Michelle led her team in a day of volunteering alongside leaders from local environmental nonprofit, SOLVE to help clean up trash and prevent litter from entering our waterways. The clean-up was one of many events Swire Coca-Cola’s network of community champions led around the country to give back to the planet this April. “It’s not just about hitting goals and numbers… Swire Coca-Cola has a very strong commitment to our local community,” said Michelle. We continue to be proud of the impact America’s beverage companies and their dedicated team members have on their local community. Follow our #HereForYou stories to see how members of our industry are stepping up to be there when it’s needed most. www.HereForYou.us

PepsiCo’s Rolling Remembrance program pays tribute to fallen U.S. military heroes by supporting their families. As part, an American flag is transported 14,000+ miles across the nation to benefit the Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation. Learn more about the effort in our blog at the link below from last year’s relay. 📸 from when the flag stopped in Washington, D.C. in May! #HereForYou https://lnkd.in/eVRbgDRA

Recycling contamination levels have decreased by over 20% in Jacksonville, Fla., thanks to an #EveryBottleBack project with The Recycling Partnership and local beverage companies. Less contamination means more of our industry's valuable, recyclable plastic bottles and aluminum cans can be remade into new ones as intended. Jacksonville City Council President Ron Salem and Florida Beverage Association's Elizabeth DeWitt penned a piece in The Florida Times-Union I Jacksonville.com to share how collaboration was critical to the project's success. More below: https://lnkd.in/eQb-KgMj

Today, the repeal of West Virginia's 71-year-old beverage tax officially goes into effect. Eliminating the beverage tax offers much needed relief to working families and small businesses in the state, which the tax fell hardest on. There is a better way: America's beverage companies are offering more choices with less sugar than ever before to support families in their efforts to reduce sugar, and Americans are taking advantage of these choices. Nearly 60% of beverages sold today have zero sugar. And, with our voluntary Clear on Calories effort, we're providing clear calorie information on the front of every can, bottle and pack we sell, so consumers have the information to make the choice that's right for them - right at their fingertips. We applaud the West Virginia Beverage Association and its members for their efforts to repeal this tax, and the state legislature for their historic action. 👏 https://lnkd.in/eDQ_6-H4 William Swann

It was a productive and memorable week at the United States Conference of Mayors' Annual Meeting in Kansas City! Thank you to The Recycling Partnership's Charlotte Pitt, Columbia, Mo., Mayor Barbara Buffaloe, Orlando, Fla., Mayor Buddy Dyer, and New Orleans, La., Mayor LaToya Cantrell for joining a discussion on advancing recycling in local communities. Mayors know what's best for their communities - one of the many reasons we continue to partner with them on solutions to tough challenges impacting real people. More on our partnership: https://lnkd.in/eUaVKWVz

Coca-Cola Consolidated employees partnered with the Washington Capitals and Rink2Reef® to turn broken hockey sticks into stackable oyster restoration reefs. These habitats can become home to as many as 400 oysters and other subaquatic life. Read more in today’s #HereForYou blog: https://lnkd.in/eyfj6WKN

We’re joining the U.S. Conference of Mayors this week in Kansas City, Mo.! We take great pride in our partnership between the American Beverage Foundation for a Healthy America and the U.S. Conference of Mayors. Our Childhood Obesity Prevention & Environmental Health and Sustainability Awards have granted over $6.5 million to over 73 cities nationwide! These funds support initiatives that improve the health, well-being and environmental quality of life for children and families. #Mayors2024 More about the awards: https://lnkd.in/edPg6f_u

Congratulations, Coca-Cola Bottling Company UNITED, Inc. on this incredible milestone - a new facility will be excellent for the local economy. 👏

Breaking News: The city of West Haven, Conn., has been awarded a grant through The Recycling Partnership and our #EveryBottleBack initiative to fund new, larger curbside recycling carts for 16,000 households. Through these upgrades, this investment is expected to yield more than 11 million new pounds of recyclables over 10 years. More: https://lnkd.in/eCqi9j7S

This morning, Kevin Perry of the Georgia Beverage Association published a piece in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution highlighting a recent #EveryBottleBack investment in Dekalb County, Ga. Through a grant with The Recycling Partnership, the beverage industry supported a new Live Thrive, Inc Zero Waste Center in the county, which will serve more than 308,000 residents. Full piece below: https://lnkd.in/emBizgsN