2006 American Forest & Paper Association School Recycling Award Presented to Heber Springs High School in Arkansas
Posted on: Thursday, 13 April 2006, 12:00 CDT
The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) today announced that Ms. Avil Snow's class at Heber Springs High School in Heber Springs, Arkansas has received the 2006 AF&PA School Recycling Award in the classroom category. The award recognizes a school classroom that has demonstrated outstanding recycling efforts.
As part of a classroom assignment, Ms. Snow's class chose to create a recycling program. After touring a local recycling center, the class worked with the custodial staff and all K-12 teachers in the school to recover paper for recycling. In nine weeks the students collected 1200 pounds of paper.
Through classroom activities designed for students of all ages, participants educated fellow students and teachers on the benefits of paper recycling. Building on the successful start, students are now considering efforts to further brand the program such as adding curriculum components for educators and expanding collection so that families can use the school as a drop-off center for their newspapers and magazines.
The AF&PA Recycling Awards were created to recognize outstanding individual, business, community and school paper recycling efforts. In 2005, a record-high 51.5 percent of the paper consumed in the U.S. was recovered for recycling. The paper industry has set an ambitious goal of 55 percent recovery by 2012. It is only through the continued efforts of the millions of Americans who recycle at home, work and school that this goal will be achieved.
For detailed descriptions and a video overview of the 2006 AF&PA Recycling Award winners, along with additional recycling materials and resources, please visit www.paperrecycles.org.
About AF&PA
AF&PA is the national trade association of the forest, paper and wood products industry. AF&PA represents more than 200 companies and related associations that engage in or represent the manufacture of pulp, paper, paperboard and wood products. The forest products industry accounts for approximately 7 percent of total U.S. manufacturing output, employs 1.5 million people, and ranks among the top 10 manufacturing employers in 42 states. Visit AF&PA online at www.afandpa.org or www.paperecycles.org .
Source: Business Wire
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