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Pasco Elementary Schools Collect 3 Tons of Plastic Bags to Honor America Recycles Day
November 16th, 2017 in Pasco County School District Walmart America Recycles Day Trex Company Keep America Beautiful

Pasco Elementary Schools Accept A Bag’s Life Challenge, Collect 3 Tons of Plastic Bags to Honor America Recycles Day
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Spinning a Giant Web and other America Recycles Day Tales
November 30th, 2012 in America Recycles Day Corpus Christi Kroger Weis Markets Hilex Poly Texas Retail Association Trex reduce reuse recycle plastic bags Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful
Much like its big sibling Earth Day, America Recycles Day has evolved beyond its single-day roots to become a month-long celebration of environmental stewardship.

Thousands of local events were held across the country in November, ranging from shred-a-thons, electronics recycling, clothing donation drives, prescription drug take-back programs and yes — plastic bag collections!
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Corpus Christi Kicks Off Plastic Bag Recycling Challenge
November 14th, 2012 in America Recycles Day Corpus Christi Texas Retail Association Trex A Bag's Life reduce reuse recycle plastic bags
In advance of America Recycles Day, Corpus Christi kicked off an educational campaign today between area schools designed to inspire, excite and challenge students and their parents to reduce, reuse and recycle their plastic bags.
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Bag Collections Teach Aha Moment
October 31st, 2012 in America Recycles Day Keep North Fulton Beautiful Lowe's Home Improvement recycle plastic bags A Bag's Life
When folks tell me bag collection events are “fun” I have to laugh. Really?

But that’s exactly what Kim Branch, with Keep North Fulton Beautiful, told us about a recent collection they had at the Lowe’s Home Improvement store in Sandy Springs, Georgia, which is minutes from downtown Atlanta.
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America Recycles. Do You?
December 2nd, 2011 in America Recycles Day A Bag's Life reduce reuse recycle Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful plastic bags
A few weeks ago, I was walking into the Weis in West Manchester Township, behind an older gentleman. He was carrying a bag full of plastic bags, and I thought "How nice that he's recycling those." Weis has a white, cardboard box outside - next to the trash can - that's clearly marked "Recycle plastic bags."
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The Keep Philadelphia Beautiful Movement to Launch A Bag's Life Statewide Recycling Campaign, on America Recycles Day
December 2nd, 2011 in Keep Philadelphia Beautiful A Bag's Life Reduce reuse recycle plastic bags America Recycles Day Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful
Recycling has become a major priority in Philadelphia, for groups as diverse as the Phillies to SEPTA to the Mayor's Office of Sustainability to individuals opting to separate their plastics and paper and discard accordingly.

Now a group called Keep Philadelphia Beautiful, a non-profit focused on litter prevention and upkeep of neighborhoods, is launching "A Bag's Life," on America Recycles Day, Tuesday, November 15.
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New Program Aims to Make Recycling Easier
December 2nd, 2011 in America Recycles Day A Bag's Life Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful recycle reuse Green plastic bag recycling
A Bag's Life launches at the Capitol in Harrisburg during America Recycles Day 2011.

WGAL-TV (Channel 8) http://bit.ly/rSbqmC
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"A Bag's Life" Creates Buzz at America Recycles Day at Virginia Capitol
November 15th, 2010 in Recycle Plastic Bags Green A Bag's Life America Recycles Day
RICHMOND, VA— A statewide plastic bag recycling awareness campaign in Virginia called A Bag's Life, which includes an interactive and educational website (www.abagslife.com/VA), an app that pinpoints nearly 800 drop-off sites by zip code, and a make-your-own video contest, was launched today during America Recycles Day at the Capitol.
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In Celebration of Recycling
November 16th, 2010 in Green plastic bag recycling A Bag's Life America Recycles Day
By Mike Baum (Richmond Times Dispatch) — Do you remember the first America Recycles Day? It wasn't that long ago -- 1997 in fact -- that Nov. 15 was officially designated so that people across the country could recognize and promote the critical importance of recycling in our communities.

Hundreds of events will be held nationwide today to raise awareness about the importance of recycling and to encourage us to sign personal pledges to recycle and buy recycled products.
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Virginia launches campaign aimed at plastic-bag recycling
November 17th, 2010 in Green America Recycles Day plastic bag reuse
(WSLS 10) Richmond, Va. -- Plastic bags are everywhere these days -- including lots of places they shouldn't be.

For that reason, state officials, businesspeople and local schoolchildren kicked off a plastic-bag recycling campaign yesterday called A Bag's Life.
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