The American Forest & Paper Association has presented the Parkway School District of Chesterfield, Mo. with its 2010 American Forest & Paper Association School Recycling Award.
The annual awards recognize outstanding school, community, and business, paper recycling programs across the country.
Parkway School District’s recycling program serves more than 18,000 students in 29 school buildings. The program began in 1990. Since that time, expanded efforts have resulted in an Environmental Services Department that oversees all district sustainability efforts. Results include the recovery of more than 1,031 tons of newspaper, magazines, catalogs, direct mail, office paper, envelopes, and brochures and more than 138 tons of paper-based packaging in 2009.
The paper is collected and then recycled through the AbitibiBowater’s Paper Retriever program.