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Recycling Info
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**The Abitibi recycle bin is located in the parking lot behind the high school**

Contents:
  ABITIBI Recycling
  What Can We Recycle
  Why Should We Recycle

Abitibi Recycling is the largest recycler of newspapers in North America. Our goal in 2001 is to recover more than 2.75 million tons of recyclable paper to supply our newsprint manufacturing requirements. With operations in several US and Canadian cities, Abitibi Recycling offers both community and commercial paper recycling services.

Paper collected through the company's well-known Paper Retriever program is directed to processing centers where it is sorted into various grades and prepared for shipment. It is then routed to our de-inking facilities and mills where it is used to manufacture 100% recycled content newsprint. This community-based program operates in over 6,000 schools, churches and non-profit organizations. Abitibi Recycling pays these organizations for the paper they collect at their locations.


Abitibi Recycling has received special recognition for the financial contributions made to help fund special projects and activities at each location. In 2001, Abitibi Recycling will pay participating organizations in excess of $2 million dollars for paper they collected from their community. In addition, by diverting this paper from the waste stream, over 2.2 million cubic yards of landfill space will be saved.

WHAT CAN WE RECYLE?

We need ALL Your:

  • Magazines
  • Shopping catalogs
  • Newspaper
  • Office & School Papers
  • Mail

Please do NOT include:

  • Plastic
  • Glass
  • Metal
  • Trash

Why Should We Recycle?

  • One ton of recycled paper saves 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space, 4100 kw hours of electricity (enough to heat a home for 6 months or run a television for 31 hours)
  • De-inked paper fiber is the most efficient source of fiber for the manufacturing of new paper products; one ton of de-inked pulp saves over 7000 gallons of water, 390 gallons of oil, and reduces air emissions by 60 lbs compared to traditional virgin fiber processes
  • Enough paper is collected for recycling each year to make a box-car train 7,600 miles long
  • 47.3 million tons of paper were recovered I the U.S. in 1999 - an average of 347 pounds per person
  • Everyday Americans buy 62 million newspapers and throw out 44 million
  • One ton of recycled paper uses: 64% less energy, 50% less water, 74% less air pollution and creates 5 times more jobs than one ton of paper products from virgin wood pulp
  • Abitibi Recycling and its Paper Retriever partners collect enough newspapers each year to completely cover 12,336 football fields in paper one inch deep