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--- __ _ 4 RECEIVED VIA EMAIL on April 1, 2p01: Orange County Solid Waste Management Dept. I want to update you on exciting progress in the GrassRoots Recycling Network's campaign to get Coca-Cola to take responsibility for its beverage container waste. I also want to invite your organization or business to sign onto new letters to both Coca-Cola and PepsiCo. I am writing to you because your organization has supported the Coke campaign in the past -either as an endorser of the Coke Take It Back campaign in 1999, as a co-signer of the letter to Cake in April 2000, ar as a financial supporter of GRRN. First the update: We think major positive developments are possible shortly - if we keep the pressure on. With support from numerous local, regional and national organizations (like ecopledge.com on college campuses) over four years, the Coke campaign got the attention of businesses and investors: ^ Recycling businesses have formed an alliance with GRRN and other environmental groups to double the national recycling rate for beverage containers (see _www.grrn.org/bear/bear.html).-- Several socially responsible investors filed shareholder resolutions with both Coke and Pepsi to get those companies to commit to achieving an 80 Jo recycling rate for all containers and 25% recycled plastic in bottles within 5 years (www.~g/sharehalders/cake.htrnll. ^ -- On April 2nd we are running an ad in the Wall Street Journal asking Coke shareholders to vote for the Coke recycling resolution (www.grrn.or~/,meda/index.html). Now to the sign-on letter: We are gathering co-signers for letters to be delivered to the Coke annual meeting in Delaware an April 18th, and to the Pepsi annual meeting in Dallas on May 2nd. We'd like to get a broad spectrum of interested organizations . (national, state, and community), businesses and government officials to sign on. We'd also like to get individual shareholders to sign, but that isn't necessary -please forward this if you know someone. - I have included the Coke letter below; the Pepsi letter.is similar (to save electrons I have not included it here, but you can view bath letters at www.grrn.org/shareholders/colce_html). ACTION: If your organization or business will sign on one or both letters, please email me back with: Organization name: Contact person's name: Title: City: State: Phone: