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AF&PA Names 2014 Paper Recycling Awards Winners [Professional Services Close - Up](Professional Services Close - Up Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) announced the winners of its 2014 Recycling Awards. According to a release, now in its ninth consecutive year, the AF&PA Recycling Awards recognize outstanding paper recycling programs in three categories: Business Leadership, Community and School. This year, the program was redesigned to reflect the diversity of paper recycling programs across the country. In each category, there are prizes for creativity, participation, partnerships, and volume of paper collected. "The success of voluntary paper recovery for recycling is a collective effort," said AF&PA President and CEO Donna Harman. "Our annual Recycling Awards enable us to recognize programs from across the country that have achieved excellence in paper recycling." "More paper is recovered for recycling from municipal solid waste streams than any other commodity. That is, in part, thanks to the tremendous efforts of those celebrated by the AF&PA's Recycling Awards," said Mathy Stanislaus, EPA's assistant administrator for the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response. The group noted 2014 AF&PA Recycling Award Winners: Creativity - unique and innovative ways that have been used to market the program, raise awareness and generate interest -Community Winner - Township of Nutley (Nutley, N.J.) -School Winner - Greenhill School (Addison, Texas) -Business Winner - Michael Dunn Center (Kingston, Tenn.) Participation --- unique and innovative ways successful programs increased participation and tonnage collected -Community Winner - Vance Air Force Base (Enid, Okla.) -School Winner - Damacus Elementary School (Salem, Ohio) -Business - Michael Dunn Center (Kingston, Tenn.) Partnership - innovative partnerships (community, business, non- profit organizations) used to promote increased recovery -Community Winner - Metro Waste Authority (Des Moines, Iowa) -School Winner - Ocosta High School (Westport, Wash.) -Business Winner - Michael Dunn Center (Kingston, Tenn.) Volume - total amount of paper and paperboard collected -Community Winner - Township of Nutley (Nutley, N.J.) -School Winner - Damacus Elementary School (Salem, Ohio) -Business Winner - Curley's Foods, Inc. (Sioux City, Iowa) More information: www.afandpa.org ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) (c) 2014 ProQuest Information and Learning Company; All Rights Reserved. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ] |