Cycle Systems Partners With Roanoke County To Provide Recycling At Middle Schools

CYCLE SYSTEMS PARTNERS WITH ROANOKE COUNTY TO PROVIDE RECYCLING AT MIDDLE SCHOOLS
Convenient new way to recycle newspapers, cans and plastics

ROANOKE, Va. (March 6, 2008) — Cycle Systems Inc., a regional leader in reshaping, recycling and renewing, is providing recycling bins at all five Roanoke County middle schools as a way to encourage students, their families and area residents to recycle and reduce solid waste.

Under this unique private-public partnership, art students are invited to paint each of the mobile trailers to match the personality of the schools and their students.

“As a leader in recycling, we saw a need to make recycling more accessible for our communities,” said Jay Brenner, president of Cycle Systems. “With the ongoing attention to preserving the environment, it made sense to partner with our schools – representing our future – to teach the values of recycling while making recycling convenient for residents where there is no curbside pickup.”

The recycling containers will contain slots for newspaper, cans and plastics. They will be located in the parking lots of Cave Spring, Central, Glenvar, Hidden Valley, Northside and William Byrd middle schools.

The schools will receive financial contributions from Cycle Systems for collected recyclables.

“This is a terrific opportunity to encourage children and their parents to recycle while making it easier for residents to drop off their recyclables every week,” said Nancy Duval, solid waste manager for Roanoke County. “Recycling has a direct impact on our limited landfill space, oil consumption and our environment. Consider that recycling just one aluminum can saves a half-gallon of gasoline. And if every American recycled just one-tenth of their newspapers, we would save 25 million trees a year.”

“We are delighted to partner with Cycle Systems to make recycling a part of the educational experience for every student,” added Juliette Myers, principal of Glenvar Middle School.

ABOUT CYCLE SYSTEMS
Founded in 1916, Cycle Systems is a regional leader in reshaping, recycling and renewing through community recycling, scrap metal processing and environmentally friendly dismantling. Cycle Systems operates seven locations in central, Southside and southwestern Virginia: Harrisonburg, Lynchburg, Martinsville, Pulaski, Roanoke, South Boston and Waynesboro. To learn more, visit www.cyclesystems.com.
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For more information, contact:
Thomas Becher
tba: Thomas Becher Agency, Inc.
(540) 772-3942
tbecher@tbtheagency.com