<div dir="ltr"><div>You may want to read about what our friends at The Recycling Partnership have to say about Paying it Forward.</div><img src="cid:ii_kpoa7cr62" alt="image.png" width="125" height="48" style="margin-right: 0px;"><br><div> <div><br><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium;background-color:rgb(213,211,211)"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top" id="gmail-templateBody" style="background:none 50% 50%/cover no-repeat rgb(255,255,255);border-top:0px;border-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-templateContainer" style="border-collapse:collapse;max-width:600px;width:600px"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-bodyContainer" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody class="gmail-mcnDividerBlockOuter"><tr><td class="gmail-mcnDividerBlockInner" style="min-width:100%;padding:10px 18px 0px"><table class="gmail-mcnDividerContent" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%;border-top:2px none rgb(234,234,234)"><tbody><tr><td style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-mcnImageBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody class="gmail-mcnImageBlockOuter"><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-mcnImageBlockInner" style="padding:9px"><table align="left" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="gmail-mcnImageContentContainer" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-mcnImageContent" valign="top" style="padding:0px 9px;text-align:center"><img align="center" alt="" src="https://mcusercontent.com/e83197e33007df6b4ecffd54f/images/5342c355-2733-4a11-ab3c-25c95c118613.png" width="564" class="gmail-mcnImage" style="border: 0px; height: auto; outline: none; vertical-align: bottom; max-width: 851px; padding-bottom: 0px; display: inline;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%;table-layout:fixed"><tbody class="gmail-mcnDividerBlockOuter"><tr><td class="gmail-mcnDividerBlockInner" style="min-width:100%;padding:18px 18px 0px"><table class="gmail-mcnDividerContent" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%;border-top:2px none rgb(234,234,234)"><tbody><tr><td style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-mcnImageBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody class="gmail-mcnImageBlockOuter"><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-mcnImageBlockInner" style="padding:9px"><table align="left" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="gmail-mcnImageContentContainer" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-mcnImageContent" valign="top" style="padding:0px 9px;text-align:center"><a href="https://recyclingpartnership.org/a-17b-investment-in-recycling-will-leverage-a-system-that-delivers-tons/" title="" class="gmail-" target="_blank" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><img align="center" alt="" src="https://mcusercontent.com/e83197e33007df6b4ecffd54f/images/70160b10-e14c-5df6-e7ca-90bf924c82e8.jpg" width="564" class="gmail-mcnImage" style="border: 0px; height: auto; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: bottom; max-width: 600px; padding-bottom: 0px; display: inline;"></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="gmail-mcnTextBlock" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody class="gmail-mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="gmail-mcnTextBlockInner" valign="top" style="padding-top:9px"><table class="gmail-mcnTextContentContainer" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="left" style="border-collapse:collapse;max-width:100%;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-mcnTextContent" valign="top" style="word-break:break-word;color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;line-height:17.5px;padding:0px 18px 9px"><h4 class="gmail-null" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(47,111,122);font-size:16px;line-height:20px">TRANSFORM THE SYSTEM</h4><h1 class="gmail-null" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(47,111,122);font-size:26px;font-weight:normal;line-height:32.5px">New Report - <em>Paying It Forward: How Investment in Recycling Will Pay Dividends</em></h1></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="gmail-mcnTextBlock" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody class="gmail-mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td class="gmail-mcnTextBlockInner" valign="top" style="padding-top:9px"><table class="gmail-mcnTextContentContainer" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="left" style="border-collapse:collapse;max-width:100%;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-mcnTextContent" valign="top" style="word-break:break-word;color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;line-height:17.5px;padding:0px 18px 9px"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody class="gmail-mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-mcnTextBlockInner" style="padding-top:9px"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse:collapse;max-width:100%;min-width:100%"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-mcnTextContent" style="word-break:break-word;color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:14px;line-height:17.5px;padding:0px 18px 9px">The <a href="https://recyclingpartnership.org/paying-it-forward/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,49,81)"><em>Paying It Forward</em></a> report is here! Released last week, <a href="https://recyclingpartnership.org/paying-it-forward/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,49,81)"><em>Paying it Forward: Investment in Recycling Will Pay Dividends</em></a> lays out exactly what it will cost to fix recycling in the U.S., what’s included in that cost, and what benefits we’ll see over the next 10 years.  Our extensive research has determined that <a href="https://recyclingpartnership.org/a-17b-investment-in-recycling-will-leverage-a-system-that-delivers-tons/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,49,81)">a $17 billion investment</a> over five years will completely transform residential recycling and maximize the potential of your community programs and the U.S. residential recycling system.<br> <br>Benefits of this investment to both the environment and the economy are also substantial. Within just 10 years after these investments, the U.S. recycling rate is predicted to more than double, which would deliver 169 million new tons of recyclable material, generate more than $30.8 billion in economic benefits, and create almost 200,000 new jobs.<br> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="gmail-mcnButtonBlock" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tbody class="gmail-mcnButtonBlockOuter"><tr><td valign="top" align="center" class="gmail-mcnButtonBlockInner" style="padding:0px 18px 18px"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="gmail-mcnButtonContentContainer" style="border-radius:3px;background-color:rgb(0,49,81)"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" class="gmail-mcnButtonContent" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:16px;padding:18px"><a class="gmail-mcnButton" title="ACCESS THE FULL REPORT" href="https://recyclingpartnership.org/paying-it-forward/" target="_blank" style="display:block;font-weight:bold;line-height:16px;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(255,255,255)">ACCESS THE FULL REPORT</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div>