community recycling

Guide to Community Recycling

Interested in starting a community recycling program?
Learn more about how you can involve your community in paper recycling.

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AF&PA Recycling Award Winners

The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) Recycling Awards recognize outstanding programs that promote the recovery of high quality paper for recycling.

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Paper and paperboard recovery has increased 81% between 1990 and 2011.
Every ton of paper recycled saves more than 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space.
87 percent (268 million) of Americans have access to curbside or drop-off paper recycling programs.
In 2011 the amount of paper recovered for recycling averaged 338 pounds for each man, woman and child in the United States.