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• Attachment 2 Dream Machine Challenges Americans to Commit to Recycle Cans and Bottles From Summertime Cookouts to Support U.S. Veterans PURCHASE, N.Y.. June 28 /PRNewswire- FirstCall/ -- PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) today announced the Dream Machine Summer Recycling Challenge, a national call- to - action asking Americans to commit to recycle every can and bottle at summertime cookouts, starting with Independence .Day. The more Americans recycle in Dream Machines, the more support PepsiCo will provide to the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with. Disabilities (EBV), a national program offering free, experiential training in entrepreneurship and small business management to post - 9/11 veterans with disabilities. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click: http://multiyu.pmewswire.com/mnr/dreammachine/44952/ (Photo: http: / /photos.prnewswire .com /prnh/20100628/MM26982 ) (Photo: http: / /www.newscom. com /cgi- bin/prnh/20100628 /MM26982 ) "There are few better times to thank the men and women of the United States armed. forces for their sacrifice and service than Independence Day. We are proud that through the Dream Machine initiative, PepsiCo will help many of our veterans receive valuable job training," said Jeremy Cage, PepsiCo's head of the Dream Machine initiative. "We kicked off the Dream Machine recycling initiative on Earth Day and we are delighted that so many partners are making — or considering making — the bins available at their locations in cities and towns across the country." PepsiCo's Dream Machine recycling initiative, created in partnership with Waste Management, was developed to support PepsiCo's goal of increasing the U.S. beverage container recycling rate from 34 percent to 50 percent by 2018. According to research conducted by Keep America Beautiful, only 12 percent of public spaces are equipped with recycling receptacles, highlighting the clear need for greater public access to recycling bins. Since the Dream Machine launch on Earth Day 2010, PepsiCo has formed partnerships that will make the kiosks available in a number of highly trafficked public locations across the U.S., including: • More than 150 Rite Aid stores across North Carolina • Several locations in Oklahoma, including Reasor's grocery stores, Oral Roberts University and OneOK Field, home to Minor League Baseball's Tulsa Drillers, in Tulsa • Tropicana Field, home of Major League Baseball's Tampa Bay Rays • Pennsylvania's Pocono Raceway, one of NASCAR's most competitive speedways • Various locations across southern California, including California State Polytechnic University Pomona North Carolina has been an early adopter of the program, providing access to the greatest concentration of Dream Machines in the country, to date.