Newburgh, IN --- Heritage Federal Credit Union is partnering with Alcoa Warrick Operations and Keep Evansville Beautiful to promote the 2013 CANS for CA$H Challenge.
The CANS for CA$H Challenge is a six-week recycling initiative with a goal of collecting several thousand pounds of aluminum beverage cans.
The CANS for CA$H Challenge will last from now until Nov. 12. Those who enter the contest will receive payment for the cans they bring in to recycle, but they can also nominate a nonprofit organization or charity of their choice to receive cash prizes to be given away of $500, $300, and $200.
“At the credit union, we are dedicated to making our Vanderburgh and Warrick communities a cleaner, more beautiful, more environmentally-friendly place,” Heritage Federal CEO Ruth Jenkins said. “Through programs like this, we can help educate our families and communities about the importance of recycling for our environment, and how each of us can make a difference for a better world by recycling.”
According to a KEB news release, aluminum is the most recycled consumer packaging material on earth, but the U.S. is lagging behind other nations in recycling the material. Aluminum can be recycled an unlimited amount of times with a used can being back on the grocery store shelf in less than 60 days.
Entry forms for the challenge are located at Material Recycling, Inc. at 2340 North Burkhardt Road, or Tri-State Resource Recovery at Read Street and Morgan Avenue. For more information, call Keep Evansville Beautiful at 812-425-4461 or visit www.keepevansvillebeautiful.org.
About Alcoa Warrick Operations Alcoa Warrick Operations is an integrated facility housing a 269,000 metric ton per year (mtpy) primary aluminum smelter and Global Packaging division that produces aluminum sheet for beverage and food can ends, tabs, and other flat-rolled aluminum products, such as lithographic printing sheet. The facility is the world’s largest producer of coated container sheet and the only North American supplier of high-quality lithographic sheet. An economic impact study conducted by the University of Southern Indiana’s Center for Applied Research shows that Warrick Operations generates $6.6 million in daily output value to the Evansville Metropolitan Area. The facility includes more than 120 acres of buildings and 14,000 acres in the community. Learn more at www.alcoa.com/warrick.
About Keep Evansville Beautiful Keep Evansville Beautiful (KEB) is a catalyst for citizen action creating a beautiful, inviting, healthy outdoor environment to assure an improved quality of life and enhanced economic growth for a greater Evansville area. Our programs and services, focusing on litter prevention, recycling and beautification, are made possible entirely through the generosity of individuals, corporations and foundations.
About Heritage Federal Credit Union
Heritage Federal Credit Union offers financial products and services to anyone who lives, works, worships or attends school in Vanderburgh or Warrick County, or has an immediate family member who does.
Heritage Federal Credit Union is a community-chartered federal credit union with over $454 million in assets and serves more than 44,800 members, and operates seven branches in Vanderburgh and Warrick Counties in Southwestern Indiana. More information regarding Heritage Federal Credit Union can be located at www.hfcu.info