December, 1974 Page 15 €ECYCLING ) BREAKDOWN OF A TYPICAL TON OF SOURCES OF SOLID WASTES GENERATED IN THE U.S. r_ ____ _!M~U~N~I~C;!!IP~A~L;..W~A:_ST~E~S~~····i~~~~~=~~~~=~~-----,~~··········~ Agricultural 59% 920 LBS - PAPER PRODUCTS 440 LBS- FOOD & YARD WASTES 200 LBS - GLASS 160 LBS - METALS 140 LBS - WOOD 140 LBS - MISCELLANEOUS CLOTH, RUBBER, PLASTIC, LEATHER SECTORS OF DISPOSAL (.'] z * M z 0 )-...J a:...J (Animal carcasses and manure, crop~harvesting residues, greenhouse wastes, orchard prunings, • •••••• pe.sticide containers, etc.) Mineral31% LESS THAN 2% OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF SOLID WASTES GENERATED IN THE U.S. ARE RECYCLED. (Mill tailings, mine waste, processing plant wastes, slog, washing plant rejects, etc.} Municipal7% (Bottles, boxes, cans, garbage, old cars, paper, etc.) Manufacturing 3% (Chemicals, plastics, rags, sawdust, scrap metal, etc.) SOURCES: United states Environmental Protection Agency; U.S. News & world Report zii: w:E Q.:J 00 i= ~ a: w z ~u: _o zz ~~ (I)...J Mental Health Services League of Women Voters 308 Senator Bldg. 732 SW 3rd Ave. Portland, Ore. 97204 For children and youth in Portland. A review of programs, projects. Parts I and II. Nov., 1974. 80¢. Tri-County Community Council Directory of Community Services 718 W Burnside Portland, Ore. 97209 Information includes services, eligibility, area served, source of support. Over 350 agencies. Includes: Washington, Clackamas, and Clark Counties. Without cover, $5.50. "The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is only the first such group; resource cartels in copper, tin, bauxite, and other primary products may soon follow OPEC's example. But in another, more important sense, the Shah laid down a clean challenge to the most basic assump· tions and procedures that have guided the industrialized democracies for at least 250 years. That challenge is the inevitable coming of scarcity to societies predicated on abundance. Its consequences, almost equally inevitable, will be the end of political democracy and a drastic restriction of personal liberty." -William Ophuls Harpers Magazine, April, 1974 u z "The tavern is an obvious vehicle for community communications; it happens automatically. Yet inherent in the selfgenerating structure is room for non-inherent structure.... One method would be to form specific times, such as Thursday 7-9pm for open forums." Arbuckle Flat 1532 SW Morrison Portland, Ctte. -Bill Thomas 10/29/74 Good music, films, Family Circus, baked goods. No age limit. 9-1. Cookbook Presented by the Fishwives of Charleston, Ore. 320 pages of recipes, many seafoo~. A resolution about Japanese and Russian fishing. Community pool. No index. $5. ERANSPORTATIO~ Whitaker Transportation Co. Whitaker Outdoor Living Lab 5135 NE Columbia Blvd. Portland, Ctte. 97218 (503) 238-5461 Information sheet on field trips in general which also explains the use of the Whitaker bus, charges, rules, etc. ~ATER ) Management of Storm Water Runofft"n Suburban Environments Gary D. Beers. Engineering Science, Inc. Cincinnati, Ohio Nov., 1973 Study of the potential use and re-use of suburban water runoff, such as rain water for toilet flushing. continued on page 16
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