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Lane County a step ahead of recycling law By Karen Creighton Of tin* KnfiM Oregon is continuing its tradition of progressive en vironmental laws with the re cent implementation of the Recycling Opportunity Art The act is designed to help conserve valuable natural resources and landfills, and to provide more jobs and improv ed economies as more Orego nians recycle. The law also pro vides community education and promotion of recycling in Oregon. "Semite Hill 405, which was passed hy the 1083 legislature, is the most comprehensive recycling statute in the country today." said Governor Vic Atiyeh in a recent press conference. Maryanne Fitzgerald, recycl ing specialist at the Department of Environmental Quality office in Portland, said the bill has three aspects: • Every disposal site in Oregon is now required to ac cept reeycleable materials. • All solid waste collectors in cities with populations over 4.000 are requited to pick up reeycleable materials left on the curbside at least once monthly. • Towns with populations under 4.000 now must have recycling bins at solid waste depots and other convenient areas. The newly enacted law means increased costs for garbage col lectors. Fitzgerald said, but there has lieen no opposition to the law that she knows of, "Garbage collectors realize this is the way of the future. We can't just keep making mounds of garbage," she said. Ken Sandusky of I.ane County Waste Management said Lane l/TAIJI Something to X CrlTlS Shout About. 2 FREE DRINKS With purchase amounting to $5.00 or more I I I I TRACK TOWN PIZZA 484-2799 • 1809 Franklin Blvd. •M |M «■ aat MM< • Inm M < University Neighborhood Dentist Gentle care for students for 14 years | Student Discount Available > J. Scott Baxter, d.m.d.. p.c. 1 We've Moved! i 622 E. 22nd Ave. 344-6371 , Building F, Eugene (corner of 22nd & Patterson) i ^(Mirlny photo The Trash Menagerie is one vehicle that will be picking up recycleables along l ane County curbsides with the enactment of Senate BUI 405. County was following a similar recycling policy two years before the law was enacted The county began designing its own waste reduction plan in the spr ing of 1983, several months Indore the new law wus passed by the State Legislature, and modified its plan as the state law wtfs designed. Sandusky said Lane County operates all of the county's landfills. Seven teen of these are open to the public and do full-line recycl ing — accepting glass, flattened tin cans, aluminum, cardboard, newspaper, motor oil and scrap metal. Some sites also accept repairable items like furniture and appliances. For the last two years, Lane County has also given a $2 per ton discount to help offset costs to garbage collectors who col lect curbside recycloables. San dusky said. l.ane County of ficials realized two years ago there would Ik; a long period when collectors would lie los ing money because of extra \SS5 I 135’» Viu-*' 126-2* \o*v«toP*S 1 p<inre<J \3|? ‘Or*to?*n l Pt*'*15 I » 1*5 puniefl 11 135-36 \ Great thinkers- come check out our Philosophy section. One of the greats the University Bookstore In the Book Dept 686 3510 Oregon Daily Emerald The Oregon Daily Emerald is published on Tuesday and Thursday during the summer by Ihe Oregon Daily Emerald Publishing Co , at Ihe University ol Oregon, Eugene Oregon. 97403 Dally publication will resume with the tall term The Emerald operates independently ol Ihe University with otlices on the third lloor ol the Erb Memorial Union and is a member ol the Associated Press The Emerald is private property The unlawful removal or use ol papers is prosecutable by law General Stall Advertising Director Production Manager Classified Advertising Assistant to the Publisher Susan Thelen Diane Fasslei Alyson Simmons Jean Ownbey Editor l Editorial Pago Editor Managing Editor Night Editor News Editor l University Affairs Photo Editor Graphic Design Editor Michollo Bronco Lucinda Dillon Michael Rivers Michael Rivers Ross Martin John Bock Associate Editors Community / Higher Ed l Administratior Student Government Student Activities General Assignment Chris Norred Stephen Maher Tonnie Dakin Yvette Jetterson Advertising Salas: John Boiler. Sales Manager Production: Kelly Alesandre. Manuel Flores. Ross Martin. Mary May Rob Miles Michele Ross Alyson Simmons Nawa and Editorial Dlaplay Advertising and Bualnoaa Claaalftad Advartialng Production Circulation 686 SS11 686 3712 6864343 686-4381 686 SS11 labor, storage and capital costs involved in collecting recycleables. he said. The county offered the dis count to help garbage collectors make the transition to recycling before it was required by state law. he added. The county's progressive laws were made possible by the politics and policies of the l.ane County Hoard of Commis sioners. Sandusky said. “Without the funds, none of this would have happened,” he said, referring to the early implementation. Despite the extra costs, many garbage collectors feel racycleable materials are worth saving, said ken Hunter of ken's Sanitary Service and Recycling. Hunter's company is one of five that form Eugene Recycling. Inc. The five garbage collection services joined two years ago to share the extra labor and capital costs involved in recycling. Hunter said. The collectors sell the recycleable materials to Weyerhaeuser Co., who hauls all the materials, except paper anti cardboard, to Portland markets, he said. Because the markets are not close, Weyerhaeuser can pay only minimal rates to Eugene’s garbage collectors. Hunter said. If more people recycle, markets may move closer, creating more profit and jobs in the Eugene area, he said. Until then, garbage collectors gather recycleables as a service to customers and the communi ty, rather than for profit, he said. Recycling can be profitable, though, according to Greg Buchanan of Northwest Paper Fibers in Eugene. “If it weren’t profitable, we wouldn’t be here," he said. Northwest Paper Fibers buys recycleable commodities, then packages papers for mill use. exporting paper to japan, Korea, Taiwan, and Canada, as well as to mills around Oregon. Continued from Page 1 discriminates against the poor, saying that people should not have to choose between affor dable housing and "beloved members of their families." Disease is not a concern because he and other cat owners keep their pets indoors, he wrote. He said he knows of four cat owners in the complex l>esides himself. The housing department sends letters to people reported to have cats in their apartments, instructing alleged owners to get rid of them, Caddini said. If the department receives two or more complaints about a person within six months, it begins eviction proceedings, he said. Hut eviction is approached on a case-by-case basis, he said. “I don't think we would start the eviction process unless we were clearly sure this person had a cat." he said. The hous ing department will not visit residents' apartments to see if they have cats, he added. At Sunday's meeting, Ham den said she and tenants in her area think the policy should be changed, ('.at owners could be required to keep their cats in doors and put tags on them, and prove that their cats had receiv ed their shots and had been spayed or neutered, she said. Kick May, another ACT representative, suggested re quiring cat owners to pay a non refundable deposit. Policies should guarantee that no one suffers, Gaddini said. The current policy does that, he said. Hut if people are allowed to have cats, no one can guarantee that the cats will not scratch children or spread tox oplasmosis, he said. Cats also wdl cause damage, he said, with the added costs leading to a rent increase. En forcing a limited cat-allowance policy also will cost money, he said. Judy Newberry, another ACT representative, said she suffered when she was forced to give up her cat to move to Amazon. She cannot afford to live anywhere else, she said. After discussion, the group appointed six people to in vestigate the situation. Two ap pointees oppose changing the policy, two favor a change and two are neutral. ACT instructed the committee to write a posi tion statement for each side and outline a list of possible options. Amazon tenants will receive the statements and vote on the options. If they approve of a change, ACT will present the proposal to the Family Housing Policy Hoard at its next meeting in October. If the board ap proves a change, the proposal will be subject to review and ap pro v a I by the housing department. Tuesday, July 29, 1986
