RecycleBank, a Philadelphia-based company that provides financial benefits for households to recycle, today announced it is expanding its service into the following locations:

  • Montgomery, Ohio
  • Sioux Falls, South Dakota
  • Eden Prairie and Maple Grove, Minnesota
  • Carrollton and Plano, Texas
  • North Miami, Florida
  • Wichita, Kansas
  • Albuquerque, New Mexico
  • Knoxville, Tennessee

Green VC first covered RecycleBank earlier this year, when the company raised a $30 million round of funding.

"This is an incredibly exciting time in our company's history," said CEO and co-founder of RecycleBank, Ron Gonen. "The value we are creating in the municipalities we service is fueling tremendous demand for our program."

According to the company, RecycleBank households have saved over 559,475 trees, over 37 million gallons of oil, over 200 million gallons of water; and successfully diverted more than 59,946 tons of waste from landfills.  The video below provides a brief overview of RecycleBank:

RecycleBank also announced that in honor of America Recycles Day (November 15th), it will launch The Cycle, an animated interactive look at the process of single stream recycling and materials reprocessing.

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