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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 20, 1982)
Area recyclers offer varied services By Hank Trotter Of the Emerald Eugene residents dump e nough garbage daily to bury the entire Autzen Stadium football field, including endzones, under twenty feet of trash That 1,000 tons of garbage is the lifeblood of fifteen compan ies, cooperatives and charities in the area, all working to recy cle much of that tonnage before it hits the landfill Everything, from old clothes and furniture to wine bottles and cardboard boxes, can be given or sold to local recyclers Northwest Resource Recy cling, for example, buys all scrap paper, metals and glass Much of the University's waste paper is handled by the com pany Northwest claims that paper made of completely recycled fiber uses 70 percent less en ergy to produce and creates 60 percent less pollution than paper made of virgin wood r Northwest sells recycled paper, "Oregon’s Tree Saver Paper,” wholesale and retail from Northwest's 830 W Second St office Smith and Hill Systems Ltd , 2405 Cross St., also pays for all recyclables and will even take plastic, a service unique in the Eugene area Northwest Paper Fibers, 2070 Cross St., purchases card board, computer print outs and newspaper Paper prices are currently depressed, so unless you liter ally have one ton of paper, which will net about twenty dol lars, you may want to use the Eugene Mission's red news paper drop boxes From these boxes the Mission receives 50 percent of its revenues for providing meals and housing for Eugene's poor and destitute Eugene's most comprehen sive recycling service is BRING, Begin Recycling in Neighbor hood Groups This non-profit organization does not pay for recyclables but relies on dona tions at its thirteen permanent and four mobile recycling sites BRING is an off-shoot of the University's Earth Day 1970 ac tivities Aluminum, scrap metal, bot tles. cans, paper, brown bags, cardboard, car batteries and used motor oil are all accepted by BRING. In the University community BRING is located at 15th Aven ue and Agate Street near the University Food-Op and in the Amazon and Westmoreland housing complexes Many of Eugene's garbage services also offer to pick up recyclables Garbagio's, a consumer owned cooperative disposal service, is based on and sup ported in part by recycling Garbagio's customers are asked to separate glass, paper, metal and food scraps from the Don't settle for second best... Leave your film with us. 15% Student Discount On almost all items in our stores whdot^on’s SINCE 1931 - WE COMPLETE THE PICTURE 430 Eosf 11th • Volley River Center • 1666 Willamette Garbagios is one of 15 recycling groups in the Eugene-Springfield area "garbage " Recyclables are picked up on alternating weeks and stored in a warehouse to be sold later. A one dollar mem bership fee is charged along with the normal garbage service fee The Lane County Hauler s Association, a group of seven disposal services, also offers to pick up recyclables for free Emerald, A-1, Ken's, Apex, Lane and Danebo provide recy cling services with regular gar bage service Sani-Pac, also a member of the Hauler's As sociation, will only pick up Continued on page 1S ioSci Continued<romPage9 north of Main Street They are a quiet, unpretentious people who keep to themselves and enjoy Springfield for being ex actly what Eugene isn’t. It's the young people who make the most noise. Trapped in a city with little to do and little hope for improving their situa tion, the young seem edgy, restless At night, their attention focuses on the Lost Dutchman Lounge," a night club on Main Street with live entertainment — on stage and off On any given Friday, a line of Harley-Davidsons holds vigil in front Inside, a giant bouncer checks everyone's age The bikers covet the large tables in the middle, but stay off the dance floor Toward early morning, the music stops, the patrons spill onto the sidewalk, not yet ready to go home A half-hearted fight breaks out near the bikes The weary leftovers amble next door to Larry and Kathy’s 24-hour greasy spoon where they sober up on cigarettes and coffee This is Springield, where the downtown bingo parlor packs them in Thursday nights; where high schoolers search for un paved streets so they can spit gravel beneath their loud, powerful cars, where Saturday afternoon softball is sacred Someone built a monument to Springfield At the city's west entrance, past the used car lots, auto parts stores and hock shops that line Franklin Boulevard coming from Eugene, stands a white hor seman The horse and rider have been sculpted from an an onymous material which, from the road, resembles a cross between plastic and chalk The shape of the sculpture is bulky The faceless, featureless rider awkwardly straddles an ill-proportioned horse Trees and weeds all but obscure the 25-foot statue from view The sculpture stands as a testament to the flawed, de pressed, dying city it guards > to TRici S Second Hand Clothing NOW BUYING and consigning contemporary and vintage styles. 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