GreenFiber introduces new look to community paper recycling program in Norfolk, Neb.

The environment, local organizations and homeowners each benefit from program

US GreenFiber, LLC, manufacturer of GreenFiber natural fiber blow-in insulation, announces a new look for its community paper recycling program throughout the Norfolk area. As a company, GreenFiber diverts over 350,000 tons of paper each year from landfills and rewards participating organizations by giving back to local groups.

“The Norfolk community has been increasingly active in the GreenFiber Community Paper Recycling Program since its inception two years ago,” said Wendy Carlson, recycling program coordinator for GreenFiber in Norfolk. “It’s not only a great opportunity to provide residents with an environmentally-sound and free collection service for their recyclable paper material, it’s also a way to benefit local organizations and the environment.”

Collection teams at schools, churches, businesses and other community organizations can participate and benefit based on the amount of recyclable materials they gather using specially-designed GreenFiber recycling bins. The GreenFiber recycling bins feature a vivid green exterior and graphics of the GreenFiber Community Paper Recycling Program mascot – a green frog whose likeness is on education supplies that support school recycling efforts.

Unlike some recycling programs, GreenFiber’s Community Paper Recycling Program accepts a wide variety of paper goods: newspaper, magazines, phonebooks, office paper, cardboard, cereal boxes, brown paper bags and construction paper.

A GreenFiber collector regularly services the bins at no charge and designated community programs benefit based on the amount of recyclable material collected. The community also benefits by reducing the amount of paper products that would otherwise be buried in local landfills. Refuse efficiency experts estimate that paper products account for almost 35 percent of landfill space; some estimates indicate that Americans throw away enough office and writing paper every year to build a wall 12 feet high from Los Angeles to New York City.

More than 200 GreenFiber recycling bins have been placed in the Norfolk area and additional bins have been ordered to meet growing demands. “Our program continues to grow as more and more Norfolk residents and organizations see the benefits that this program has to offer,” Carlson, the Norfolk area coordinator, said. “Residents understand that by collecting recyclable paper materials diverting them from landfills they are benefiting both the environment and the local participating organizations.”

To find a GreenFiber bin location in the Norfolk area, call 402-379-2045. Additional details about the recycling program are also available at www.greenfiber.com/corporate/recycling_bin_program. GreenFiber cellulose insulation is a natural fiber product made of 85 percent recycled paper fiber and offers an environmentally-friendly option for homeowners’ building, renovation and re-insulation projects with all of the ease and convenience of blow-in insulation. Since 2000, GreenFiber has diverted nearly 3 million tons of recycled materials from landfills. One ton of recycled paper: saves 17 trees; saves 4,000 kW of energy; can provide enough GreenFiber natural blow-in insulation to insulate the attic of a 2,500-square-foot home.

Established in 2000 and headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., US GreenFiber, LLC is the largest manufacturer of natural fiber insulation, fire and sound products. With 11 manufacturing plants located throughout the United States, GreenFiber products are sold to building supply retailers, manufactured housing builders and insulation contractors in the U.S. and Canada. For more information on GreenFiber, call customer service at 800-228-0024 or visit www.greenfiber.com.