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Sustainable Surf and Waste Management to Host Waste to Waves Recycle Drive on April 26

Manhattan Beach residents can help turn packaging foam into surfboards and other products and keep waste out of California oceans, beaches and landfills with the Waste to Waves Earth Day Foam Recycle Drive. Sustainable Surf and Waste Management will collect materials from 11:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. on April 26th at Manhattan Beach’s annual Earth Day Celebration and Concert in Polliwog Park, located at 1601 Manhattan Beach Boulevard.

“A passion for surfing and for the ocean inspires all of Sustainable Surf’s projects and it’s exciting to help create something as useful and beautiful as a surfboard out of trash,” said Kevin Whilden, co-founder of Sustainable Surf. “The Waste to Waves program has successfully collected over 40,000 pounds of waste packaging foam in the past three years and we are very excited to be working with Waste Management to continue increasing that number.”

All clean packaging foam received will be recycled, and make new products like surfboards. A complete list of acceptable materials is located at http://wastetowaves.org/faq/. Visit www.wastetowaves.org and www.sustainablesurf.org or email askgreen@wm.com for additional information.


ABOUT WASTE TO WAVES

Waste to Waves is a project of Sustainable Surf, a leading non-profit in the surfing industry. Sustainable Surf seeks to be a catalyst to transform surf culture and industry into a powerful community that protects the ocean playground. More information about Waste to Waves is available at http://www.wastetowaves.org. More information about Sustainable Surf can be found at http://www.sustainablesurf.org.

ABOUT WASTE MANAGEMENT

Waste Management, Inc., based in Houston, Texas, is the leading provider of comprehensive waste management services in North America. Through its subsidiaries, the company provides collection, transfer, recycling and resource recovery, and disposal services. It is also a leading developer, operator and owner of waste-to-energy and landfill gas-to-energy facilities in the United States. The company’s customers include residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal customers throughout North America. To learn more information about Waste Management visit www.wm.com or www.thinkgreen.com.


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