Metro Makes Green Awards
M e tro h as a w a rd e d $ 1 0 0 ,0 0 0
in p e e r g ra n ts to th re e p u b lic
a g e n c ie s to h elp d e v e lo p in n o v a ­
tiv e w aste re d u c tio n a n d r e c y ­
c lin g p ro g ra m s.
T h e g r a n t s , o n ly g iv e n to
p ro je c ts fe a tu rin g w a ste p r e v e n ­
tio n , re c y c lin g o r e a rth -w is e p u r-
c h a s in g , fe a tu re d a m a x im u m
a m o u n t o f $ 5 0 ,0 0 0 . T h e a g e n ­
c ie s w e re re q u ir e d to p r o v id e
m a tc h in g in -k in d s e rv ic e s
W ashington County with HotTman
C onstruction and Z im m er G unsal
F ra s c a P a r tn e r s h ip r e c e iv e d a
$33,000 to purchase products that
are energy efficient and that use re­
cycled building m aterials
C ity o f M ilw au k ie w as given
$40,000 for sta ff training and educa­
tional m aterials related to a program
that incorporates w aste prevention,
energy, w ater and other m aterial re­
source conservation at all city facil­
ities.
Ben Franklin Projects o f the Port­
land Public Schools was aw arded
$30,000 for a program that organize
green clubs in 19 Portland middle
schools to reduce waste, increase
recycling and increase energy effi­
ciency.
Earth Smart Home Project To Be Built
P o rtla n d G e n e ra l E le c tric is
p a rtn e r-in g w ith the P o rts m o u th
N e ig h b o rh o o d C o m m u n ity R e d e ­
v e lo p m e n t C o rp an d R o o s e v e lt
H igh S c h o o l to b u ild a 1,200
sq u a re fo o t, th re e -b e d ro o m E arth
S m art h o u se at 8 2 6 7 N. F isk A ve.
T h e p a r tn e rs h ip is a p ilo t p r o ­
g ram p ro je c t to c re a te a f f o rd a b le
h o u sin g o p p o r tu n itie s in an ef-
fo rt to s ta b iliz e an a re a w h e re 70
p e rc e n t o f th e h o u s e h o ld s e a rn
80 p e rc e n t o r le ss o f P o r tla n d ’s
m e d ian fam ily in c o m e. T h e ho m e
sh o u ld be u n d e r $ 8 5 ,0 0 0 .
T he p ro je c t is a lso d e s ig n e d to
k ee p k id s m o tiv a te d to sta y in
s c h o o l. It is p a r t o f a n e w ly
f o rm e d c o n s t r u c t i o n c l a s s at
R o o s e v e lt H igh S c h o o l th a t p ro -
v id e s r e le v a n t r e a l-w o rld c o n ­
s tr u c tio n e x p e r ie n c e an d an e d u ­
c a tio n th a t m ay n o t be o th e rw is e
be a v a ila b le . T h is is th e c l a s s ’
firs t h o m e c o n s tru c tio n p ro je c t.
T h e h o u se w ill be re s o u rc e an d
e n e rg y e f f ic ie n t an d h e a lth y to
liv e in. E arth S m a rt fe a tu re s w ill
in c lu d e th e u se o f lo w -to x ic ity
re c y c le d m a te ria ls in d e c k in g and
Candidates Forum
T he Portland City C ouncil w ill
hold an Earth Day C andidates F o­
rum: E nvironm ent and C om m unity
T hursday, April 24 from 7 to 9 p.m.
at L utheran Inner-C ity M inistries,
4 2 19 M LK Jr. Blvd.
C andidates Jim Francesconi, G ail
Shibly, and Eric Stein will each give
their view s o f how Portland should
took in 50 years and w hat needs to be
done to get there. They will also
address the Johnson C reek flood
plain and creating a sense o f com m u­
nity and environm ental protectior
and restoration. A panel concem ec
with environm ental justice, transpor­
tation, grow th, w ater quality and the
Johnson C reek study will ask ques
tions. Jon C atton o f K G W -TV wil
m od erate the forum . Com m unity
m em bers are also invited to ask ques
tions.
"This region has been a leader in
recycling, but there are still many busi­
nesses that have not yet initiated recy­
cling programs. Clean Your Files Day
is an easy and fun opportunity to get
started and become a part of the solu­
tion for this area,” said Keith Ristau.
plant manager for Far W est Fibers, a
local recycling processor.
How big is the opportunity? A m er­
ican businesses throw aw ay more
then 12 million tons of office paper
every year and purchase 85 percent
o f paper produced. Up to 70 percent
o f the waste generated in offices is
paper, much of it high quality grades
o f paper which can be recycled into
high quality recycled paper prod­
ucts. This gives offices a special role
in decreasing the am ount of paper
going to landfills and increasing the
am ount o f recycled products sold.
Currently in the M etro area, over
24,(MX) tons, or 53 percent o f high
g ra d e o ffic e p ap e r is re c y c le d .
Through more aggressive efforts, the
recycling com m unity believes that
high grade paper recovery could reach
70 percent.
The Clean Your Files Day committee
is made up of recycling service pnividers,
recycling processors, paper manufactur­
ers, local, regional and state governments.
For more information, contact your local
recycling service provider, or call: in
Portland call 823-7202; in Washington
County, 648-8609; in Clackamas Coun­
ty, 655-8521; in Clark County, 360-737-
6118, ext.4493; in Gresham, 618-2656,
or call the Metro Recycling Information
at 503-234-3000.
Pacific Power’s Earth Day
Pacific Pow erem ployees will cel­
ebrate Earth Day by cleaning up
W hitaker Ponds on the Colum bia
Slough on April 20, and by dedicat­
ing a butterfly garden on April 22
with children from the Boise-Eliot
School in North Portland.
The activities are part of Pacific
P ow er’s “G reen Corps” program,
which links the com pany’s em ploy­
ees with com m unity volunteers in
environm ental projects. Now in its
fourth year, G reen Corps has in­
vested $200,000 in 120 projects
ranging from tree planting to build­
ing parks and other activities.
Pacific P ow er is jo in in g w ith
M etro and other volunteers on April
20 to weed out blackberry vines and
remove debris from an old dum p
site on W hitaker Ponds. The work
will prepare the way for volunteers
to build a nature trail as part of
M etro’s plan to restore W hitaker
Ponds.
On April 22, Pacific Pow er and
the National W ildlife Federation,
Dannon Yogurt will join with stu­
dents from Boise-Eliot to dedicate
a butterfly garden at the school. The
students have worked for m onths to
create the garden, which will be
part of a schoolyard wildlife habi­
tat.
An Earthday Celebration and Benefit
for Jerry Rust for U.S. Senate
An Evening of Music, Humor, and Thought With-Cris
Williamson At Tret Eure
Ken Kesey
Art Maddox
Mountain Girl Garcia
Reverend Chumleigh
and Other Invited Guests
Saturday, April 20th
Doors open at 7:30 Show at 8:00
Roseland Theatre 8 NW 6th, Portland
Admission $12 Addition Donations Welcomed
Produced By Oregon Woods Inc., A Restoration Forestry
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Area Offices Clean
Up On Earth Day
PORTLA N D , Ore. — Business in
the m etropolitan area will be making
a tangible contribution to Earth Day
when they participate in Clean Your
Files Day, a regional program to
increase aw areness of and participa­
tion in office paper recycling.
Clean Your Files Day is the re­
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Clean Your Files Day isn’t just
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encouraging business to clear out
those stacks and files full of paper
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R ecycling P ro je c t’s R ecycling at
W ork cam paign and is taking place
all over the country.
“M etro is proud to be a partner in
Clean Y our Files Day 1996,” said
M etro Executive O fficer M ike Bur­
ton. “The project enhances the re­
g ion's already aggressive recycling
program s ant' gives the business com ­
munity an opportunity to help move
the m etro area closer to our overall
recycling goal.”
The local goals for Clean Your Files
Day arc to increase recycling efforts in the
community, steer more recyclable out of
the waste stream and landfills, help the
region meet its recycling recovery goals
and. finally to close the loop by encourag­
ing offices and businesses to buy recycled
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