City Carton teams with Skyline Center Inc - Municipal Recycling - nonprofit agency, recycling services for disabled people; Iowa - Brief Article

Recycling Today, May, 2002

Skyline Center Inc., a nonprofit agency providing services and residential support to disabled people, now offers a state-certified redemption and recycling center to residents of Clinton County, Iowa. The recycling center is a joint effort between Skyline and City Carton Recycling, Davenport, Iowa.

Skyline Director Jack Robinson says, "We though it would be an opportunity to create jobs for people with disabilities." Currently, Skyline serves 140 disabled adults.

Residents receive five cents for each bottle and can brought to the facility. Skyline Center then sells the containers to distributors for six cents each or recycles the cans. Income supports the program and workers' wages.

Skyline Center also accepts recyclable glass, cardboard, newspaper and magazines. These products are picked up by City Carton Recycling, sorted, processed and baled at their Quad Cities Facility in Davenport and shipped to mills throughout North America to be made into products. Skyline receives the proceeds from the sale of the recyclable materials. City Carton also donated Skyline a baler to bale all the cardboard collected at the center.

Brian Holtz, manager of City Carton Recycling Quad City Facility says that when Skyline approached the company about its idea for a redemption and recycling center, City Carton was behind the idea 100 percent.

For more information on Skyline, visit www.skylinecenter.com.