2006 AF&PA Recycling Award Winners Announced; Outstanding Recycling Efforts Recognized
Posted on: Wednesday, 12 April 2006, 12:00 CDT
The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) today announced the 2006 AF&PA Recycling Award winners. The 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. AF&PA 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.
The AF&PA Recycling Award program was expanded in 2006 to include a category for schools. Based on the strength of the applicant pool, a separate award for colleges and universities was added.
The 2006 AF&PA Recycling Awards winners are:
Ed Hurley Memorial Paper Recycling Award (for individual achievement)
-- Joel Ostroff, Macon County, North Carolina
AF&PA Business Leadership Recycling Awards
-- Small Business: Bluegrass Regional Recycling Corporation, Richmond, Kentucky
-- Large Business: Brewer Science, Inc., Rolla, Missouri
AF&PA Community Recycling Awards
-- Small Community: Northfield, Minnesota
-- Large Community: Seattle, Washington
AF&PA School Recycling Awards
-- Classroom: Heber Springs High School, Heber Springs, Arkansas
-- School-wide: Mountain Home High School, Mountain Home, Arkansas
-- College and University: tie between the University of Colorado at Boulder in Boulder, Colorado and the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon
"This year's Recycling Award winners have exhibited innovation and social responsibility," said AF&PA President & CEO W. Henson Moore. "Their accomplishments in recycling have set new precedents. They are making great achievements in businesses, communities and schools across the country."
Detailed descriptions and a video overview of the 2006 AF&PA Recycling Award winners, along with additional recycling materials and resources are available at 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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