AF&PA has set a goal of 55 percent recovery by 2012.
The AF&PA Recycling Award program was expanded this year to include a category for schools. Based on the strength of the applicant pool, a separate award for colleges and universities was added.
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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 Corp., Richmond, Ky.; Large Business: Brewer Science, Inc., Rolla, Mo.
AF&PA Community Recycling Awards -- Small Community: Northfield, Minn.; Large Community: Seattle.
AF&PA School Recycling Awards -- Classroom: Heber Springs High School, Heber Springs, Ark.
School-wide: Mountain Home High School, Mountain Home, Ark.
College and University: tie between the University of Colorado at Boulder and the University of Oregon in Eugene.
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.
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