828-Lancast*r Farming, (Continued from Page 826) The group also enjoyed a visit to Philadelphia, especially in this year of the 200th anniversary of the Constitution. For Loßianco and her son Andrea, a trip to the Hans Herr house helped them put in perspec tive the history of this county, and contrast it to the long, long history of Italy. American Communities Shift Focus WASHINGTON, D.C. - Recycling is on the increase in the United States as a result of a growing problem with waste disposal. Statistics show that unless Americans embrace recycling soon, we will use up finite landfill space in trying to hide our trash. “More than half the cities in the United States will exhaust their current landfills by 1990 - just three years from now,” according to the Worldwatch Institute, a Washington-based environmental research group, who recently reported on the world’s growing “garbage glut.” For this reason and a host of others, spring cleaning in communities throughout the nation is taking on a whole new meaning and our focus is shifting to an alternative recycling. The report documents what municipal officials in the United States and abroad are calling a “waste disposal crisis.” Landfills are full in some cities, and the problem is forcing municipal of ficials to truck trash to distant sites at soaring prices. In Min neapolis, for example, the cost of burying a ton of refuse skyrocketed from $5 in 1981 to $3O today, a sixfold increase. Philadelphia is paying $9O a ton to dispose of its trash as far away as southern Virginia, and is weighing a trash-export agreement with the island of Curacao in the Netherlands Antilles. Glass manufacturers in North and South Carolina are taking the lead in an ongoing campaign to encourage recycling. The cam paign surpassed its original goals for 1'986 within the first few months, and as a result, the number of full-time professional recyclers in the two states in creased 600 percent with more than seven million bottles and jars now being recycled there each month. According to a recent public opinion survey taken in the Carolmas, 46 percent of those surveyed indicated they would reduce or avoid purchasing non recyclable packages. Fifteen percent stated they would join in actions to have non-recyclables banned. Also, when respondents rated various types of packaging materials for product taste, glass came out on top. Two thirds of the people in the Carolinas study also believed that as recycling increases for any packaging material, litter will be reduced for that material - an added bonus. In view of the fact that three percent of the nation’s energy goes each year to produce packaging materials, recycling saves energy and natural resources. A related consumer study conducted in the Sunshine state found that Floridians, by a ratio of eight to one, say that they would make an effort to separate out recyclable materials from regular garbage if curbside pickup was available in their neighborhood, as in the Carolinas survey, the recyclability of a container’s material is important to respon dents. Forty-nine percent of iturday, September 5, 1987 Italian Friendship This group came from the Tus cany region, in northern Italy. One of the treats for local hosts was having spaghetti made for them by the visitors. Parmesan cheese and spaghetti from Italy made it authentic and delicious. For the Italians eating com on the cob was a new experience. The visitors were welcomed with citations from the Senate of Recycling To Floridians say they would not purchase a beverage container if they knew it could not be recycled. Resource management demands out attention to recycling not just as “Spring Cleaners,” but as en vironmentally conscious con sumers. With this in mind, con sumer preference for glass con tainers is a must. By choosing a one hundred percent recyclable container, a new bottle or jar can be produced for every one used. And for that, we can give ourselves an environmental pat on the back. Force Visits Lancaster County Pennsylvania. will linger as more than just a hearts to international visitors in an Although the Italians have pleasant memory. It was a shared attempt to make the world more returned to their homes, their visit opportunf if r ling homes and peaceful. 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