- RecycleBank
are the largest institutional shareholder group and Ron Gonen, the co-founder and CEO is the largest individual shareholder.
RecycleBank is a member company of Ceres, a network nationwide of investors, environmental organizations and other public interest groups to address sustainability challenges such as global climate change.
RecycleBank was founded in 2004 by Patrick K. FitzGerald and Ron Gonen and a pilot program was launched in two Philadelphia neighborhoods. Currently the RecycleBank program services communities in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Vermont.
As of December 2007, RecycleBank is in 125,000 households in the United States in over 35 municipalities.
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Recycling References
External links
* [http://www.recyclebank.com/ Official Site for RecycleBank]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/21/business/businessspecial2/21recycle.html?_r=1&oref=slogin/ New York Times Article on RecycleBank and founders]
* [http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/01/21/you_could_be_paid_to_recycle/ Boston Globe Article on RecycleBank]
* [http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/20/magazines/fortune/recyclebank.fortune/index.htm Fortune article]
* [http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1730187,00.html?xid=rss-health Time article]
* [http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/03/incentive_based.php/ Treehugger.com Article on Incentive-Based Recycling]
* [http://www0.gsb.columbia.edu/entrepreneurship/program/alumni_profiles/gonen/ Profile of Founder Ron Gonen]
* [http://www.ceres.org/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?pid=426&srcid=601/ List of Ceres Participating Companies]
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