Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, October 10, 1990, Page 12, Image 12

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RECYCLING
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Despite Safeway's recycled
meat trays lh<* store (hain is
among dozens of businesses
that have organized efforts
and collected more than St 4
million to defeat the meas
ure according to Klet lions I)i
vision campaign finance re
ports filed Monday
I'he re< v< ling standards
called for in Measure (> would
become iiK reasingly stricter
over a 10-vear period. begin
ning in l*w;t
Starting that year, pa< kaging
would have to meet one of the
following requirements to In*
sold In .1 retailer in Orevton
• It would have to hr made "(
at least 50 percent ret ycled mo
terial by weight;
• It w ould have to bo made of
a material of which ,it least lr>
percent is recycled statewide
For instance. am par kagmg
made from aluminum would be
acceptable .is Ions as 15 per
r ent of aluminum in Oregon is
tiring ret vi led. this percentage
would increase incrementally
to till pert ent by 2002;
• Or. the packaging must be
reused at least five times for the
same or similar purpose
Measure (> would enforce
those standards through a si ale
The Wall Of Velcro
Pepsi Cola bottling company of
Eugene and The University of
Oregon Bookstore bring you
the Wall of Velcro on
October 8 & 9
At the University ol Oregon Bookstore
See location lor times
• Put on Velcro suit and
safety helmet
• Bounce on trampoline
• Jump against Wall
(with assistance of spotters)
• Stick to wall
• Smile for instant photo
graph (photo is tree)
Pepsi Cola bottling company of
Eugene and the Student Union
Food Service bring you the
Wall of Velcro on
October 10,11,12
at the E M U.
See location lor times
of penalties ranging from warn
ings to Siu 00<>-a-da\ fines
The Department of Knviron
mental Quality would be re
quired to monitor product
pat kaging around the state and
maintain an exemption pro
gram for manulat turers' and re
tailers waiver requests
Although supporters and op
ponents have wrangled about
the finer points of the measure,
the < entral debate revolves
around the initiative's basic
concept Does the measure ell
i mirage rei voting, or is it a
pat kaging ban?
"It doesn't entourage or re
quire ret\i bug. 1 said C.inny
Hindu k spokesperson tor the
Oregon Committee "It only
bans things
Hut Consumers for Reeyt ling
says the word "ban" is mis
leading "It's inflammatory
wording." Stuhenvoll said
"Calling it a ban is one of the
emotional buttons they < an
push, and thev are pushing it
liartl to last doubt on the meas
ure
Indeed opponents of the
measure have pushed for the
use of the word "ban.
Last spring lames Whitty,
direr lor of the group that
founded the Oregon Commit
tee argued in court that the
ballot title of the initiative
should include the words
"par kaging ban " The i ase
proceeded to the state Supreme
Court which ruled in March
that the measure is not a ban.
Opponents also say the meas
ure would run up high costs for
the state. < iting the duties add
ed to the DEC} if the measure
pusses One of the Oregon
Committee s television ads pre
die ts. "Measure 0 would cost
millions "
The state-prodiii ed tisi al im
pu< I statement created tor
Measure t> (nils the annual tab
for increased DEC? responsibili
ties somewhere between
$500,000 and $850,000
The impact statement will
not at company the measure on
the ballot howev er because ot
a missed certification deadline
h\ state offic i.tls and subse
quent court rulings
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