PepsiCo renews commitment to veterans through recycling initiative
There are many ways to say thank you for the sacrifice and service of veterans and their families on Veterans Day. PepsiCo adds an unlikely way to this list—by recycling. Through PepsiCo Recycling, recycled beverage containers translate into business training opportunities for veterans around the nation. This November, PepsiCo will officially be recognized as the first 3-star partner of Syracuse, N.Y.-based Institute for Veterans and Military Families for its longstanding support of the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) program. As one of the early supporters of EBV, PepsiCo has linked its beverage recycling program to helping veterans become entrepreneurs
Since 2010, PepsiCo has donated $1.5 million to EBV and will allocate an additional $500,000 over the next three years. More than 4.4 million pounds of bottles and cans have been collected through PepsiCo Recycling programs during that time.