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in dealing with plastic bags. Elk River will fund a month-long community educational initiative to educate the community. This will be funded by a coalition between the local businesses and the local government. The Community Sustainability Month will consist of advertisements, retail plastic bag collection, educational, and awareness events. The events could include: Educational Advertisements around the city in public areas, Environmental Friendliness Day, Elementary and Middle School Environmental Learning Day, fun activities, games, and other types of educational opportunities, and possibly a trip to clean up a reservoir or wildlife area. Plastic bag collection bins During the Sustainability Month,plastic bag bins will be distributed to retailers encouraging proper plastic bag disposal. Our team is basing this strategy on the Wisconsin Wrap Recycling Action Project (Wisconsin WRAP).5 Their report found the following: i. The availability of store drop-off programs for plastic film recycling is important to consumers; 36 percent said they were more likely to choose a particular store because of the recycling program. ii. The visible presence of store recycling bins was an important means of alerting consumers (45 percent in this survey) about the ability to recycle plastic bags and film at the store. 5 WRAP was created as part of a statewide public-private partnership between the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources,the American Chemistry Council,Flexible Film Recycling Group,and GreenBlue's Sustainable Packaging Coalition(Moore Recycling Associates for the American Chemistry Council. (2016).Milwaukee(WI) 2015 WRAP campaign evaluation report.Retrieved from http://www.plasticfllnirecycling.org/pdf/2015 Milwaukee WRAP Camper Report).This program was designed to establish best practices to increase the recycling of polyethylene bags,wraps,and film through easily replicable pilot programs.Milwaukee was selected to test a public awareness campaign known as,"Wisconsin WRAP: Recycling Film Beyond Bags."