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Anheuser-Busch Celebrates 30 Years of Recycling Excellence
When most people hear the name of Anheuser-Busch, they
think of Super Bowl commercials, the Budweiser Clydesdales
and the company's world famous beers. But there's a lot
more behind the historic brewing giant based in St. Louis.
This year marks an important milestone for the employees
of Anheuser-Busch and the recycling industry. The company's
recycling subsidiary, Anheuser-Busch Recycling Corporation,
is celebrating its 30th year of operation. Since its inception
in 1978, Anheuser-Busch Recycling has kept more than 430
billion aluminum beverage containers out of landfills
across the United States. That's enough cans to circle
the globe more than 1300 times.
Since its founding in the mid 1800s, the brewer has looked
for ways to improve the environment and communities around
the country where it has business operations. It began
with company founder Adolphus Busch, who recycled leftover
grains from the brewing process for use as cattle feed.
Today, the brewer's 12 domestic breweries recycle more
than 99 percent of the solid waste from their brewing
and packaging processes. Anheuser-Busch believes what's
good for the environment is good for business.
Anheuser-Busch Recycling's dedicated team works
closely with a network of 700 organizations around the
U.S. to encourage recycling of used beverage containers.
They implement numerous programs, from the company's
Recycle Challenge program, where schools earn money from
recycled cans to purchase equipment, to beverage container
collection at large venues and events, including in recent
years the Daytona 500, Sturgis Bike Week and LPGA/PGA
TOUR tournaments. In addition, the company operates a
recycling center in Hayward, Calif., which processes both
aluminum cans and plastic bottles.
ôOur employees truly are experts in the recycling
field and take great pride in offering innovative recycling
solutions and education programs,ö said Trevor Hansen,
vice president of Anheuser-Busch Recycling. ôWe
encourage communities across the country to get involved
and contact us if they need any assistance in expanding
and developing recycling programs and initiatives.ö
Anheuser-Busch was a charter member of Keep America Beautiful
Pitch-In campaign in the 1950s and has supported litter
prevention for more than 50 years. For more information
on the compan's recycling and environmental efforts, please
visit www.ourpledge.com
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