allplasticbottles.org Contact Your Peers

"When we added the 'all bottle' program, we had a substantial increase in our collection of plastic bottles. It's just so much easier for customers. We are very pleased with the results and I'd recommend this program to any other community"

- Bruce Walker,
City of Portland, Oregon

"You do get more material because residents tend to set out more plastic under an 'all plastic bottle' program."

- Rob Guttridge,
Clark County, Washington

"The 'all plastic bottle' approach has made outreach to the public much easier. Our hauler has had fewer calls asking whether a particular plastic item is recyclable. Moving to all bottles gave a big boost to recovery volumes. The public was very receptive."

- James Stevens,
Lindenhurst, Illinois

Recycling coordinators and managers may have a number of questions when considering a change to an all plastic bottles collection program. In order to give you the opportunity to discuss these questions with your peers, we have provided a list of recycling coordinators who manage different types of all plastic bottle programs all around the country. Represented in this peer listing are a variety of community types: urban, rural and suburban of varying population sizes that collect recyclables at curbside, drop-off or both. The recycling coordinators who manage these programs have graciously agreed to discuss their all bottle programs with you, so we invite you to contact someone whose program is similar to your own if considering a switch to all plastic bottle collection.