Keep Texas Recycling (KTR)

Our Keep Texas Recycling (KTR) program provides a variety of services that increase recycling opportunities throughout the state of Texas.

Overview

Rural Recycling

Since 1994, KTR’s main focus has been cooperative opportunities for recycling in rural and underserved communities.

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Strategic Projects

KTR has worked with a variety of entities to increase recycling opportunities. This work has focused on specific commodities, hard-to-recycle items and how to improve current recycling operations through proven efficiency strategies.

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Technical Assistance

KTR provides technical assistance throughout the state of Texas, to any and all communities and groups interested in recycling.

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Rural Recycling Cooperative

Since 1994, KTR’s main focus has been cooperative opportunities for recycling in rural and underserved communities.

Currently, KTR has 50 entities within the cooperative that include civic groups, private industry, military bases, government entities, and school districts. Members of the cooperative benefit from KTR’s services which include:

  • Consultation on the implementation or improvement of a recycling program
  • Contract negotiations with end-markets, community outreach
  • Grant writing services

In the last 30 years, Keep Texas Recycling community partners have recycled over 330 million pounds of material. This has generated over $12.3 million in revenue for these communities and saved 550,000 cubic yards of landfill space and over $5.8 million in landfill fees!

50

Recycling Community Partners

333

Pounds of material recycled

550

Cubic yards of landfill space saved

Strategic Projects

KTR has worked with a variety of entities to increase recycling opportunities.

This work has focused on specific commodities, hard-to-recycle items and how to improve current recycling operations through proven efficiency strategies. Projects also include public awareness campaigns focused on increasing volume of items recycled and decreasing contamination. Partnerships between national organizations, brands and government entities have helped KTR expand collection sites and items collected at these sites, which has been vital to increasing recycling access in Texas.

Technical Assistance

KTR provides technical assistance throughout the state of Texas, to any and all communities and groups interested in recycling.

The majority of this work is done through public workshops, training and webinars to reach a larger audience but can include site visits and individual consulting services, often crucial to understanding the needs of each community.

This assistance typically includes recycling education, staff training, market assistance and capacity building. KTR has been invited to advise and work with groups in the following places:

  • Oklahoma
  • Louisiana
  • New Mexico
  • Colorado
  • Wyoming
  • Montana
  • and even Alberta, Canada!
Keep Texas Recycling named a

2020 Texas Environmental Excellence Award Winner

Presented by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

The Texas Environmental Excellence Awards is an annual awards program that honors achievements in environmental preservation and protection with ten award categories that provide citizens, communities, businesses, and organizations an opportunity to obtain the state’s highest environmental honor and be recognized for their environmental projects.

This civic community award honors community partner projects that work together to support environmental sustainability. Learn more about Keep Texas Recycling’s work across the state in this short video.

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Impact

Keep Texas Recycling

333 M

Pounds of material recycled

$1M+

Raised by KTR grant writing services to support member communities

517,000

Texans provided with access to recycling

$5.8+ M

Saved in landfill fees

$12.3 M

Generated revenue for member communities

2.7 M

Trees saved

550,000

Cubic yards of landfill space saved

Resources

Blog
Keep Texas Recycling 101
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Website
State of Texas Alliance for Recycling
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Plan
Recycling Market Development Plan
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Website
The Recycling Partnership
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The Keep Texas Recycling program is supported by