Paper Drives are Back Did You Know Paper is a Valuable Resource WE BUY SCRAP PAPER

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Paper Drives are Back!Did You Know Paper is a
Valuable Resource?WE BUY SCRAP PAPER!

• Rock-Tenn Recycling
• St. Paul, MN
• 100 Years of Recycling in Minnesota

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What is a Paper Drive?

• Volunteer groups raising money for projects by
  collecting a wide variety of paper from
  neighbor-hoods.
• Great for community service and environmental
  stewardship projects.
• Nothing to sell
• No front end expenses.
• No inventory
• Make 270 or more for a weekend paper drive. Plan
  4 each year and make 1,000.

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History of Paper Drives

• Started in 1920s as a way to collect residential
  newspaper for recycling. We claim that we
  invented the paper drive as a way to divert old
  newspapers out of the waste stream and help the
  environment.
• We have several successful groups who have been
  conducting continuous paper drives since 1988 and
  have earned thousands of dollars over the years
  to pay for their program activities.

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Getting Started

• Select a weekend date 60-90 days in advance.
• Call Rock-Tenn to book the date and reserve a
  collection trailer or ground container.
• Plan to hold the event at a high-traffic parking
  lot such as a school, church, main street, etc.
• Recruit enthusiastic volunteers and use Rock-Tenn
  posters and Neighborhood Alerts! to inform your
  whole neighborhood about the drive and why it is
  important to save paper for your organization
  fundraiser.

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Set a Goal--Stack Up Success Profits, too!

• Make a plan.
• Energize your volunteers.
• Put up posters in local businesses, churches and
  libraries, etc.
• Put a press release in the local shopper
• Canvass neighborhoods and put Neighborhood
  Alerts! on doors.
• Use public service announcements on local cable
  TV.
• Have fun!

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What papers can be collected?All of these used
papers are worth saving for recyclingand
earning extra money!!

• Newspapers
• Magazines
• Catalogs
• Business Papers
• (shredded or unshredded)
• Junk Mail
• Telephone Books

• Folding Cartons
• (used to package such items as cereal, cake
  mix, crackers, cookies, pasta, etc.)
• Corrugated Boxes
• Paper Egg Cartons
• Paper Bags

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Get the Word Out

• Get the word out and then remind them 3 more
  times.
• The goal is to get people to save paper for your
  paper drive.
• Put a Hot Line phone number on posters for
  questions and for volunteers to pick up paper.
• Build a marketing campaign to reach the members
  of your community. Let them know what you plan to
  do with your earnings so they will feel good
  about saving paper for you and about supporting
  your organization.

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Collect 9 Tons Get 270!How much is 9 tons?

• 3 African Forest Elephants
• 25long x 7wide x 8tall ground container
• Densely stacked with mixed residential papers

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Earn an Extra 200

• Submit your Successful Marketing Campaign Ideas
  to Rock-Tenn by April 15, 2009. Entries can
  include posters, videos, DVDs, flyers and are not
  exclusive to any of those elements listed.
• A panel of 5 judges will pick the Best Paper
  Drive Campaign and the winner will get an extra
  200 towards their program activities.
• One prize will be awarded. Judges decision is
  final. All entries must have completed a
  successful paper drive collecting 6 tons or more
  by the deadline to be eligible for the prize.

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Paper Drive Weekend

• Collection container is spotted at your location
  the day before your drive is to begin.
• Volunteers greet cars and help unload paper.
• Other volunteers densely stack the paper in the
  container. Remember, you are being paid for
  weight--the more you stack up, the more you get
  paid.
• Have fun and rotate jobs.
• Secure the container after paper drive hours.
• Collection container gets picked up and weighed
  the day after your drive ends.

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What is the next step?

• Go to www.stpaulpaperdrive.com for more
  information and to download a copy of
• The Official Guide to Successful Paper Drives.
  Includes printable marketing tools or create your
  own and participate in our contest to win 200.
• Booking fall drives now! Call today to reserve
  equipment.
• Call Sharell at 651-641-4444 with any paper drive
  questions and to book your paper drive now!
  Limited equipment available.