North American paper recycler Abitibi-Consolidated, Houston, has announced that its Abitibi Paper Retriever customers can choose to donate their October and November paper recycling receipts to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund to help rebuild lives and communities after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
The company will match each dollar donated by Abitibi Paper Retriever customers, up to a company total of $25,000.
The Abitibi Paper Retriever is a community recycling program that collects newspapers, magazines and catalogs and mail at more than 15,000 green and yellow recycling bins located in 23 metropolitan areas across the United States and Canada.
“After observing the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina, we immediately began to determine how we could help. We received calls from multiple Abitibi Paper Retriever customers who wanted to donate their recycling proceeds to the relief effort, says John Weaver, president and CEO. “We then realized the company has the unique opportunity to offer thousands of groups across Canada and the U.S. the ability to directly assist victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.”
Abitibi Paper Retriever customers have until Nov. 15 to notify the company of their desire to donate recycling proceeds to assist hurricane victims. To participate, customers can simply log on to www.PaperRetriever.com and sign up online or get forms to register via fax or mail.
Abitibi-Consolidated will communicate the amount of the combined donation in December. Further, the company will inform each participating customer of their individual contribution from paper recycling by that time.