Better World Alliance, Inc.
Who We Are: Better World Alliance promotes environmental awareness and economical improvement in the local communities. We support education and professional development for students and vulnerable community members by promoting fundraising events for educational institutions from the recycling process. We participate in a circular economy process by collecting discarded bottles and cans and transform them into valuable entities (New York’s Bottle Bill). We engage students and other community members regardless of their personal characteristics to participate in this process to raise money for the education, city’s environment opportunities, and other improvements. Recent studies show that colleges and universities are moving toward zero-waste campuses. Better World Alliance provides support to local communities, in general, and educational institutions, in particular, in terms of creating recycle free environment, developing jobs for students and those in need, fundraising capital for educational institutions, and improving the recycling flow.
Goal: Provide support to local communities in terms of creating recycle free environment, developing jobs for those in need, fundraising capital for educational institutions, and improving the recycling flow for businesses.
Mission: Promote social equality, environmental awareness, and economical improvement in the local communities as well as support education and professional development for children and vulnerable community members by promoting fundraising events from recycling process.
Vision: Participate in a circular economy process by collecting discard and transforming them into valuable entities. We will engage people, those in needs, students, and other community members regardless of their personal characteristics to participate in this process to raise money for the city’s environment, employment opportunities, education, and other improvements.
Overview: Research shows that globally, more than a million plastic bottles are sold every minute. In New York, 30% of deposit bottles are not properly recycled. Recycling one ton of plastic saves 685 gallons of oil. As the public’s focus on the plastic waste crisis narrows, the world to find new ways to deal with bottles once they are thrown away.
New York is a “deposit” State wherein the Returnable Container Law applies and wherein persons redeeming empty beverage containers to stores are entitled to receive 5 cents for each such empty beverage container so returned and redeemed.
In New York City, the collection of empty beer, water, and soda cans and bottles rapidly became one of the major sources of income for homeless and underprivileged people. The gathering of abandoned beer, water and soda cans and bottles on the streets of New York City by “street people” has become a familiar sight. It promoted the dual benefit for the taxpayers of clearing the streets from empty beverage containers as well as obtaining increased revenue for these economically stressed people. It also enables them to provide for their necessities with dignity and without resort to public funding.
Better World Alliance, Inc. has formulated a program to redress this unfortunate state of affairs, which will restore this redemption income to the poor and homeless while correspondingly clearing the streets of the debris of uncollected, unremembered empty beverage containers. More than just restoring the status quo, New Hope Alliance’s program will generate funds for use in charitable services and projects to further benefit these people.
COVID-19 Related Activities
Better World Alliance, Inc. is working hard to promote health and safety among diverse communities during this challenging time. We kindly distribute safety masks, disposable gloves, and bottles of water among those in need. We care about our communities! Please stay safe!