Half Billion Tons a Year by 80s Research Underway on Waste The Depaitmenls of Agiicul- sliation facility c.ipublo of clem solid dis'Mids .11 c expected to ex- of Agiiculluie's Foiest Pioducts line, Inlei 101. and Health, Educa- onstiating to cities and towns ceed one half billion tons annual- Laboiatoiy at Madison will sep tion, and Welfatc have announc acioss the countty one way to ly. aiale the papei waste fiom the ed the establishment of a joint handle then solid waste piodnc- Under the ameement announc o lincll;l,s output to conveit it to tescaich and development pilot lion The design of this facility C[ j toddV by* the llnee Dcpait- such pioducts as boxes, eonugat project aimed at helping the will begin this yea 1 ments, the soutce of the matei- ed boaid a,ul tliSUe P‘‘Pel “iefmto 11 'S.b™ maSmlf " d Thc d , ,SOTSJI SOl,d Waslcs 15 t'ti"’ ‘l"™ T wXTmSI 1 Tl " one of the nation s most ptcssing br tbe municipal waste of Madt- will be to sepaiate the The pioject is being conducted envilonmental oolUilion orob- son ’ Wlsconsl "’ which is being metals fiom the gnndei’s output at Madison, Wisconsin, to deve- j pms Ljst t municipalities « lound into sbieds b y a huge f or use in expenments at its lab lop the technology needed to acloss (j,e United States spent « undel The grinder project is ora t ol y m College Paik Maiy transfoim discarded cans, bot- a | 3oUt 545 billion to collect and a demonstiation of the i ant j The Depaitment’s Bureau ties, plastics, paper and other dispose of nearly 350 million tons ld Waste Management in the Mines aheady is opeiating a solid tiash into maleuals that j. W astes much of which Depatlmenl of Health, Education mec bamcal piocess at the laboia can be .e used in the economy. tm toVen land dum?! cieat Envilonmental tory for leclaimmg setap and Later on, the Departments mg new health and pollution ea eivice waste metals The objective is hope to build a full scale demon- nioblems Bv the early 1980’s Personne’ at the Deoaitment to find wa\s to icpiocess such CHURCH AUCTION Location Rcfton Firehouse just off Rt. 222, 8 miles south of Lancaster, Pa. SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1970 This annual benefit sale includes; '1) pr. fat hogs, weigh about 200 lbs. Collection of over 300 sets of salt and pepper shakers Overhead garage door, complete (good), storm doors. (2) wooden file cabinets, (1) 3 drawer other 2 drawer; metal utility cabinet, kitchen cabinet, wardrobe, end tables, medi cine cabinet, light fixtures, electrical supplies, table and floor lamps, books, dishes, hand trimmers and edger, new brooms, trussels, step ladders, receipt rack, small 110 volt electric welder with helmet and carbon torch. Many articles and household items too numerous to mention. Plenty of good food on sale by the women of the church Sale at 11:00 A.M. by THE BUILDING FUND COMMITTEE NEW PROVIDENCE CHURCH OF GOD Aucts, Diller and Kreider Tillam m _ Selective Herbicide lets your tobaceo grow free Your tobacco grows free from most grasses, broadleaf weeds and nutgrass Free from their competition for fertilizer and soil moisture Free from repeated cultivations and cultivator damage to young roots. Free yourself to do other important farm jobs that need your attention This year, use economical, dependable Tillam on both flue cured and ourley tobacco acreage. Stop the toughest grasses f f --'fl and broadleat weeds*. . . yellow and purple \ nutgrass, crabgrass, lambsquarters, wild oats, barnyardgrass, pigweeds. Florida pus ley, goosegrass and others that keep your ’ tobacco yields down and production costs up. Tillam 6-E liquid is easy to handle and apply. Mix it into the soil before setting or place it below the soil surface with covered sweeps. No need to wait for ram to push it down to the weed seed zone Free yourself from unnecessary work and worry,.. see us now for your supply of Tillam. - a tMlam Elective HE*«it |tE BROWN & REA INC. Dealers In Gram, Feed, Coal, Fertilizers, Etc ATGLEN, PA. 19310 ATTENTION... SPRING STOCKER & FEEDER SALES MAY 1 and MAY 22 at 1:00 P.M. LANCASTER UNION STOCKYARDS AUCTION PAVILION ALL GRADES AND WEIGHTS MANY DOOR PRIZES Lancaster Farming, Saturday. April 25. 1070— Phone 593-5149 Re-Use metal waste .is non and alumin um into an acceptable -.tale and at a low enough cost for leuseb) inanulactuieis This summei, the Buieau of Mines plans to send personnel and equipment fiom its College Park laboiatoi> to Madison to inciease its paiticipation in the project The laboiatoiy now uses met als separated fiom mcmeiator re sidue The waste metal at Madi son will be piefeiable to this be cause it will be clean and thus eanei to piocess The Buieau of Solid Waste Management suppoits lesearch in vntuall> eveiy phase of solid waste pioblems incinerators, samtaiy and land fills and in finding new uses foi wastes Oidmaiy municipal wastes col lected annually contain 10 mil lion tons of non 1 million tons of nonfenous metals such as aluminum, coopei, nickel, tin, lead, silvei gold, and 7inc, and 15 million tons of glass The Buieau of Mines has developed systems that can efficientlj sep al ate and lecovei these mateuals and can even sepaiate ciushed glass into its cleai and colored components At piesent nearly all of these potentially valuable icsouiees, woith neatly $1 bil lion aie mcmeiated, buued in dumps, and lost Approximately half the bulk of urban refuse collected by munici palities consists of papei and wood pioducts This amounts to more than 35 million tons of wood fibei annually that is not now being leclaimed At the Forest Pioducts Lataoiatory in Madison, Wisconsin, Forest Ser vice research has been develop ing ways to leeover and utilize this resource Re-use of only half of this waste paper would, in effect, reduce the dram on our wood re source each yeai by 30 million cords This is equivalent to the total timber production from a million acres of forest land Try A Classified It Pays 35
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