Cindy Jackson, manager of Solid Waste Management and Recycling at Georgia Tech, accepts the award.

Georgia Tech has received the College & University Recycling Award from the American Forest & Paper Association for its outstanding paper recycling efforts.

"Since the recycling program began at Georgia Tech in 1996, recycling has been successfully integrated into virtually all components of campus life. Last year, the school recovered more than 376 tons of paper products for recycling," the association said.

The 2008 recycling awards were presented during the industry's 131st annual Paper Week in April. A record 56 percent of the paper consumed in the United States was recovered for recycling in 2007.

"It will take the kinds of innovative and creative programs we celebrate today to reach the new 60 percent recovery goal set by the industry for 2012," said AF&PA president and CEO Donna Harman.