The Copper River Watershed Project (CRWP) received a $2,600 grant from The Cordova Community Foundation in 2023 for Increased Aluminum Recycling. While CRWP has been a leader in the push for aluminum can recycling in Cordova since 2002, this latest project has the potential to double the amount of aluminum can recycling that is currently happening. CRWP acquired a baler with funding from The Rasmuson Foundation which is currently used by CRWP to bale recycle fishing web and by the City of Cordova to bale aluminum cans. The bales of aluminum are being shipped with the web, and are helping defray the cost of shipping both the cans and the web. This grant is supporting the purchase of signage on recycle dumpsters, the purchase of recycle containers that can be used at community events to collect cans (the Cordova Chamber of Commerce will house and loan these cans out), and the identification and removal of barriers to recycling for the high volume can producers in Cordova (i.e. bars, restaurants, fish processors). The Cordova Times wrote an article about this project that you can read at https://thecordovatimes.com/2024/04/12/revamped-recycling-program-set-to-boost-sustainability-efforts-in-cordova/.
