Ready to Recycle? Arbor Park Students Rally to Go Green

Stop! Don't toss that pop can! Patch knows someone who will take it off your hands.

Meet a students Erin Anderson, Rebecca Beltrau, Meera Patel, and Maya Cottongim.

These four, along with other students and parents, are on a mission to turn their community green, while supporting disabled veterans.

And now you can help, too.

The students and 's Green Club will take your empty plastic bottles and aluminum cans, and transform them into recycled products—and funding for a program aimed at assisting disabled veterans in pursuing their dreams.

It's called the Dream Machine Recycle Rally, and it's a pretty big deal.

The contest is a national recycling program that gives schools a chance to earn rewards and compete for prizes, all while helping to make the planet a cleaner, greener place, and supporting post-9/11 disabled U.S. veterans.

Profits from recycling will be donated to the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities, a national program offering free education in entrepreneurship and small business management to post-9/11 veterans with disabilities. The contest is sponsored by Pepsico and in partnership with Waste Management and GreenOpolis.

For more information, read last week's story: