America Recycles Day

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During the 2^nd annual mixed paper drive competition, Akron Public School (APS) students proved that recycling does pays off!  Voris CLC, Litchfield Middle School and North High School were declared the winners of the competition by recycling the most paper per pound, per student. For the second year in a row, Voris recycled 16.2 pounds per student or 2.5 tons total to win a school-wide pizza party.  Litchfield Middle School recycled 6.4 pounds per student which is equal to 2 tons total while North High School recycled 7.11 pounds per student or 2.55 tons to each win a $500 cash prize Courtesy of the River Valley Paper Company and a field trip tour of the River Valley Paper Company plant for 50 students and faculty. Overall 34.5 tons or 68,870 pounds of paper was recycled, which is a 1,000 pound increase from the 2010 competition. Additionally, 71% of the total Akron Public School student population participated in the paper recycling competition.

To help celebrate America Recycles Day on November 15^th 2011, Keep Akron Beautiful (KAB) in conjunction with the River Valley Paper Company hosted the 2^nd annual mixed paper drive competition in 29 Akron Public Schools. From October 17^th- November 18^th community residents and local businesses helped participating Akron Public Schools attempt to win this competition by taking their magazines, phone books, paperboard, catalogs, junk mail, office paper, newspaper and cardboard to a school parking lot bin. Bins are located at the following schools: Helen Arnold CLC, Barrett, Betty Jane CLC, Case, Firestone Park, Forest Hill CLC, Glover CLC, Hatton, Seiberling, David Hill CLC, Leggett CLC, Judith Resnick CLC, Voris CLC, Findley CLC, and Crouse CLC. Participating middle and high schools included  East 7^th and 8^th CLC, Miller South School of the Visual & Performing Arts, Jennings CLC, Litchfield, Roswell Kent, Hyre CLC and Innes CLC.  Ellet, Kenmore, Garfield, North, Buchtel, East 9-12 CLC, and Firestone High School also competed.

This paper drive was designed to prove that Akron’s school staff and students, parents, community members and local businesses can help save trees, which purge the atmosphere of greenhouse gases, just by giving our trash a second life. The receptacles are still in place and are accessible 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Filling up the collection bins helps the schools raise money for clubs, their recycling efforts or team uniforms. For more information on the competition or on paper recycling at the APS locations, contact  Keep Akron Beautiful, (330) 375-2116.