Clif Bar wrapper recycling to end in Wyoming, elsewhere
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JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) - A program to recycle energy bar wrappers is ending in a Wyoming town known for outdoor sports and elsewhere.
After four years, a recycling center in Jackson will stop taking Clif Bar wrappers. Clif Bar offered the recycling since 2008 through a partnership with TerraCycle, a company specializing in hard-to-recycle materials. The Jackson Hole News & Guide reports the company collected the wrappers to be melted down into hard plastic. It donated a penny per wrapper to the American Releaf Program, which plants trees in areas affected by wildfires, mining, development and other disruption.
The program raised about $500,000 from wrappers collected at 14,500 locations.