2008 AF&PA Recycling Awards

School Recycling Award Winner

Pasco County, Florida

Business Leadership Recycling Award Winner

Boise, Inc., Jackson, Alabama Paper Mill

Community Recycling Award Winners

Brevard County, Florida

University Recycling Award Winner

Georgia Institute of Technology

2008 Recycling Awards Video

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Boise, Inc., Jackson, Alabama Paper Mill

2008 AF&PA Business Leadership Recycling Award

The mill has its own recycling facility where it processes 120,000 tons of recovered paper each year.  The mill operates a Recycling Road Show, where employees go into local schools for hands-on demonstrations.  Teh company also funds in-school recycling programs in two local counties.

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Brevard County, Florida

City of Dorchester County, South Carolina2008 AF&PA Community Recycling Award

As a result of a variety of creative programs including location partnerships ,contests, and presentations reaching more than 10,000 residents annually, the community collected 33,341 tons of paper for recycling in 2006.  Brevard County is one of the top 10 counties in the state for materials recycled per capita.

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Georgia Institute of Technology

Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts2008 AF&PA College & University Recycling Award

Since the recycling program began at Georgia Tech in 1996, recycling has been successfully integrated into virtually all components of campus life.  Last year, the school recovered more than 376 tons of paper products for recycling.

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Pasco County, Florida

2008 AF&PA School-Wide Recycling Award

The District School Board of Pasco County works in creative ways with students, teachers, and administrators at the county's 76 schools to promote and measure recycling success.  In 2007, Pasco County schools collected 1,267 tons of paper products for recycling, helping the county save more than $135,000 in solid waste disposal costs.

 

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2007 Award Winners

On March 27th 2007, the American Forest & Paper Association annouced the winners of the 2007 AF&PA Recycling Awards. Click on the links belw to learn more about the winners.

Ed Hurley Memorial Paper
Recycling Award Winner
Jack Horner, Knoxville, Tennessee
Business Leadership
Recycling Award Winner
HP, Palo Alto, California
Community Recycling
Award Winners
City of Rock Hill, South Carolina | City of Perrysburg, Ohio
Dorchester County, South Carolina
School Recycling
Award Winners
Harvard University | Potter Street Elementary
Barbara Bush Elementary
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2006 Award Winners

The 2006 winners of the AF&PA Recycling Awards were announced on April 12, 2006. To learn more click on the links below.

Ed Hurley Memorial Paper
Recycling Award Winner
Joel Ostroff - Macon County, North Carolina
Business Leadership
Recycling Award Winner
Bluegrass Regional Recycling Corporation | Brewer Science, Inc.
Community Recycling
Award Winners
City of Northfield, MN | City of Seattle, WA
School Recycling
Award Winners
Heber Springs High School | Mountain Home High School
University of Colorado @ Boulde
r | University of Oregon
2006 Recycling Awards Video View Video!

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did you know...

  • In 2009 a record-high 63.4% of the paper used in the U.S. was recovered for recycling.
  • Every ton of paper recycled saves more than 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space.
  • 87 percent (268 million) of Americans have access to curbside or drop-off paper recycling programs.
  • In 2009 the amount of paper recovered for recycling averaged 325 pounds for each man, woman, and child in the United States.

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