Mass. recycling coordinator wins car in Abitibi sweepstakes
 
May 26 --

Recycle paper, win a Honda Civic hybrid car. Itīs usually not that easy, unless youīre John Wade off Walpole, Mass.

Wade was the winner of the first Abitibi Paper Retriever customer recycling coordinators sweepstakes, the company said.

Wade is the recycling coordinator in charge of the Paper Retriever recycling container at Maples Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Wrentham, Mass.

All of the 14,000 or so customer recycling coordinators who participate in Abitibi-Consolidatedīs Paper Retriever program in 23 U.S. and Canadian metropolitan areas were eligible to register online to win the car, the company said. The coordinators promote and manage their individual organizationīs participation in the recycling program.

"We wanted to show our appreciation for the hard work and efforts of our customer recycling coordinators who go above and beyond to generate awareness about the importance of recycling," said Michael Sullivan, general manager of Abitibi-Consolidatedīs recycling division.

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