2006 American Forest & Paper Association School Recycling Award Presented to Heber Springs High School in Arkansas.WASHINGTON Washington, town, England Washington, town (1991 pop. 48,856), Sunderland metropolitan district, NE England. Washington was designated one of the new towns in 1964 to alleviate overpopulation in the Tyneside-Wearside area. -- The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) today announced that Ms. Avil Snow's class at Heber Springs High School in Heber Springs, Arkansas Heber Springs is a city in Cleburne County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 6,432 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Cleburne CountyGR6. has received the 2006 AF&PA School Recycling recycling, the process of recovering and reusing waste products—from household use, manufacturing, agriculture, and business—and thereby reducing their burden on the environment. Award in the classroom category. The award recognizes a school classroom that has demonstrated outstanding recycling efforts. As part of a classroom assignment, Ms. Snow's class chose to create a recycling program. After touring a local recycling center, the class worked with the custodial staff and all K-12 teachers in the school to recover paper for recycling. In nine weeks the students collected 1200 pounds of paper. Through classroom activities designed for students of all ages, participants educated fellow students and teachers on the benefits of paper recycling Paper recycling is the process of recovering waste paper and remaking it into new paper products. There are three categories of paper that can be used as feedstocks for making recycled paper: mill broke, pre-consumer waste, and post-consumer waste. . Building on the successful start, students are now considering efforts to further brand the program such as adding curriculum components for educators and expanding collection so that families can use the school as a drop-off center for their newspapers and magazines. The AF&PA Recycling Awards were created to recognize outstanding individual, business, community and school paper recycling efforts. In 2005, a record-high 51.5 percent of the paper consumed con·sume v. con·sumed, con·sum·ing, con·sumes v.tr. 1. To take in as food; eat or drink up. See Synonyms at eat. 2. a. in the U.S. was recovered for recycling. The paper industry has set an ambitious goal of 55 percent recovery by 2012. It is only through the continued efforts of the millions of Americans who recycle re·cy·cle tr.v. re·cy·cled, re·cy·cling, re·cy·cles 1. To put or pass through a cycle again, as for further treatment. 2. To start a different cycle in. 3. a. at home, work and school that this goal will be achieved. For detailed descriptions and a video overview of the 2006 AF&PA Recycling Award winners, along with additional recycling materials and resources, please visit www.paperrecycles.org. About AF&PA AF&PA is the national trade association of the forest, paper and wood products industry. AF&PA represents more than 200 companies and related associations that engage in or represent the manufacture of pulp, paper, paperboard paperboard, material similiar in shape and composition to paper, but generally thicker, stronger, and more rigid. Paper machines, e.g., Fourdrinier machines, are used to make sheets of paperboard. and wood products. The forest products industry accounts for approximately 7 percent of total U.S. manufacturing output, employs 1.5 million people, and ranks among the top 10 manufacturing employers in 42 states. Visit AF&PA online at www.afandpa.org or www.paperecycles.org . |
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