industries to wash drid'pMpMS tfi* v.Jfudpntf ~, ■/* > ■ recycled bottles, and in other areas. The Oregon Bottle Bill includes While many initial jobs will be Provisions that indicate all beer “grocery box boy” jobs to help col- 81,(1 *° ft drink containers must lect and sort the bottles, he said, tav# 8 minimum refund value higher pay will occur in other sec- clearl y marked, paid by distributor tors of the recycling industry. ta dealer b y dealer to consum- When Oregon’s Botde BUI was w - Min imum refund value of each first proposed to the state legisla- container is 5 cents. Anyone may ture in 1969. botUers were cstablish 8 container redemption opposed. But since its passage in ccnter * 1971, “many people were actually Mel .Ed* 888 , director of slate pretty supportive here,” said legislative programs for the Pen- Spendelow. nsylvania Farm Bureau, said the The Oregon bUI came on the bureau 1,88 beea “P uttin B pres heels of sweeping environmental Bure on ad y® 81 ” 10 B ct * e bld legislation taking root in the early passed. George Moyer and other 19705. Back then, said Spendelow, farmers 1,18181 ** bme . is now for it was mote of a litter issue. “Pco- farmers to get their voices heard, pie were aghast when they visited Lancaster Farming has the parks on a Sunday and found it responded by printing a petition to littered with thousands of bottles S 8 srptatmes of peopte who from the night before.” and want Pennsylvania’s Botde BiU became very supportive of forced P 3^. ulcluded deposit legislation. Ur l ul m . ore wJI * c 7„. ongoing to convince legislators of Since then, many mdustnes .... ° c .. L!1 . havc benefited from the bUI and forabottle bIU . according Oregon is a lot cleaner and rural ,££r c V auB '. . Jim**—*-* PORT A I [ $.05 I Arm box Vi EE Two UM Ag Field Days Scheduled This Week COLLEGE PARK. Md. Two University of Maryland Re search and Education Centers (RECs) will showcase their work on behalf of farmers and farm families at separate locations on consecutive days, July 30 and 31. The Central Maryland REC Lmci«t»f Firming, SWtftfty. All/ 28. ff97<Al9 invites residents of southern and central Maryland to attend the 47th annual Held day on Wednes day (July 30) at its Upper Marl boro facility in Prince George’s County. And the Western Maryland REC welcomes Piedmont area dwellers to its annual field day on Thursday (July 31) near Keedys ville in Washington County. This year’s field day will mark the 20th anniversary of the center’s found ing. Both field days will get under way at 8:30 a.m. with wagon tours of research plots. Early arrivals will be able to participate in three or more different tours. Noon lunch will be available in shaded areas at moderate cost Short pro grams after lunch will conclude the day’s activities at each location. The Western Maryland field day will feature a hog roast with reservations requested by 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday (July 29). Call (301) 432-2767. extension 307.
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