€ECYCLING ) Reduce: Targets, Means & Impacts of Source Reduction, by Diana Wahl, Publ. No. 576, $1 from: League of Women Voters of U.S. 1730 M St., N.W. Washington, DC 20038 Explains the difference between and relative.benefits of source reduction (reducing the total amount of waste with measures such as the Oregon Bottle Bill or with methods such as the ORE PLAN for home separation and pickup of garbage) and resource recovery (trying to re-=-separate mixed garbage using energy-gulping air classifiers, magnetic separators and water separation systems). Unfortunatley, this was - written before the ORE PLAN was nationally known (see Compost Science, March-April '75). Hopefully, it will be included in revised editions. Recycling in Washington State. Contact: Recycling Information Office Dept. of Ecology Northwest Regional Office 4350 150th Ave., ~.E. Redmond, WA 98052 1-800-562-8090 ( toll-free) Jim McMahon The Department of Ecology Recycling .•Information Office opened for business on November 17. The purpose of the office is to assist the public in learning the why, what, where and how of re- - cycling. A major component of that will be the recycling hotline-a statewide toll-free number which people can call to get information on where to take thei:d recyclables. Other projects include a free booklet entitled: Guide to Household Recycling, which explains how to recycle and goes into what happens to materials after they're dropped off at a recycling center. Also research into the legal barriers to increased use of secondary materials; development of educational materials for use by educators; , monitoring of secondary materials markets; and assistance to businesses involved in recycling.' For more information, or if you have any comments or suggestions, call 1-800-5 62-8090. @tSCELLANEOUij Groundwater Newsletter, twice monthly, $60 per year, and Water Newsletter, $36 per year, twice monthly, from Water Information Ce1,1ter 14 Vaqderventer Ave. Port Washington, L.J.., NY 11050 516-883-6780 Water Information Center, Inc. (WIC) is a private publishing firm spe'cializing in water matters. They issue the oldest commercial newsletter on the subject (Water Newsletter), the only professional newsletter covering ground water (Ground Water Newsletter) and a list of rather unique professional, reference and text books on the subject. They also distribute a selected group of McGraw-Hill publications. WIC is a spin-off from Geraghty & Miller, Inc., the world's largest group·of consulting Oregon His.~orical Society Dec 1975 JlAIN Page 19 ·ground water geologists. They do answer questions (free) from the public (especially on ground water) and have done so regularly for 17 years. However, try your local library, well-driller, county extension agent or consulting hydrologist first; if they don't know the answer, send a stamped, self-addressed envelope with your question to WIC. Extended consultations done on a fee-paid basis only. Ask for their publications list. \ Ancil Nance The Art of Winning Foundation Grants, Howard Hillman and Karin Abarbanel, The Vanguard Press, 1975, $6.95. It'_s very hard to write about how to . write grants! This book comes as close as any I've ever seen at laying it out dearly and simply. How to scout out fol,\ndations appropriate to your project, how to approach them, and good suggestions on_putting together a proposal. It's very straight. I learned that it's considered protocol to inform a foundation if you've submitted tq any other foundations and if they turn you down to thank them for their time (thus leaving the way open for another try).
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