- REGISTER
Once a plant is registered, each facility should designate one or two employees to spearhead the America Recycles Day Aluminum Can Challenge internally. They would be responsible for:
- printing and distributing flyers and posters (provided on the web site) at the facility
- ordering recycling bins and bags
- rallying co-workers and encouraging them to recruit family and friends to help
- issuing information to the local media about the program
- choosing a charity to receive the funds generated by recycling
- emailing success stories and poundage recycled to the ACC at jday@cancentral.com
- contacting Jenny Day at CMI with any questions, special needs or concerns.
- COLLECT
Employees should be encouraged to begin collecting cans as soon as each facility is registered. All employees will be asked to participate and recruit their family and friends to help, and to sign a pledge card (provided on the website) committing them to recycling aluminum cans for America Recycles Day, and every day. Each signed pledge card will be entered into a plant-wide drawing on America Recycles Day. The winners of the drawings will be awarded t-shirts.
Suggestion: Each employee who brings in a bag of cans on America Recycles Day will receive another entry for the prize drawings, increasing the chances of winning.
- PROMOTE
Facilities are encouraged to involve local communities in the America Recycles Day Challenge. Employees may choose to ask local schools, community groups and businesses to save cans and turn them into the plant or designated location on November 15, 2007 to raise funds for a local charity. Local media outlets (television and radio news stations, newspapers and bulletins) may want to publicize the Challenge and the fundraising aspect of the can collection drive.
America Recycles Day Pledge Cards are another means to help the community and associates catch the recycling spirit and win! Challenge pledge cards are available by clicking on "Artwork & Materials" for facility drawings for ACC provided Al the Can Man t-shirts or staff can pledge at www.americarecyclesday.org to win a Ford hybrid Escape or 24 speed aluminum Trek bikes for those under 18 years old.
- RECYCLE
On America Recycles Day, the total cans recycled from September 1 to the close of business on November 15 will be tallied and checks made payable to your charity or non-profit entity by the local recycling center or scrap dealer you have contracted. Most recycling centers will be willing to send a recycling trailer when a large volume of beverage cans are anticipated and will work with you on the arrival availability of the trailer and a departure preferably on November 16. ACC wants to announce and award an additional $500 checks to the top three aluminum supplier and can participants (plants who per capita recycle the most cans) and the top aluminum recycling facility's (who per capita recycles the most cans) chosen charity in November, so your quick turn-around of pounds recycled is key.
