A grant program is helping the E.G. Smith Baseball Complex in Manassas stay clean.
The City of Manassas has received 10 recycling bins from the Dr. Pepper Snapple Group/Keep America Beautiful Park Recycling Bin Grant Program, according to a release.
Keep Manassas Beautiful, an affiliate of non-profit Keep America Beautiful, received one of 34 grants that the 6-year-old program is funding this year.
“The City of Manassas is always looking for ways to demonstrate that recycling is an important part of our community life,” Keep Manassas Beautiful Program Coordinator Monica Boehringer said in a release. “This grant with allow our younger residents and their families to recycle while enjoying their favorite game. Keeping Manassas beautiful is easy when you have the bins you need in the right places.”
More than 900 bins are being distributed nationwide through the grants.
Since its foundation, the grant program has given governments and organizations in 44 states with almost 5,250 bins that have made recycling more accessible to community members who are visiting beaches, walking trails, athletic fields and parks.
