Rand AR v s Ls IRM The Dallas Post OR OTR ET a 7 why Fy I CAS Dallas, PA Woyrestay November 13, 1991 5 OPINION Hl & > ) 2e’ R N LX 0 00 N AX IN A nN \ 0 (J) ) D bh . 0.0 O v D ss S ARN aid EEN S ARNE £25255 A yd > ANS = \ SA NNN wy 8 Sg AIR IRE NN SN "ad hE OCR 100°, SRA . : os . o2ete ON oe, \ i : x a > ROI 19%; ~. D pO) g ¥ Ne 5 5 R S L fl — 7 \ LRTI Ce KS SOSA hs ore \ Ox i . RR : o AO Sy = ia ae he ON COHN) x TON $ a S200 —- =i . 200000 - . RD oy & \ Fi \ *&. . Zr RI RNY } 5 . AON 00 OC v GOOOO 220, 00002, SD OOO hy - - \: 7 % 7 & Zz iol id A. Case for conservation Shop smart: Recycling starts in the store By ALENE N. CASE Do you ever wonder what hap- pens to your waste paper after the big green truck carries it away? Most of us are convinced that we are doing a good thing by reducing the volume of trash going into the landfill - often by as much as 40%. And, we like the idea of saving trees (each ton of recycled paper saves 17 of them!), energy (some- where between 23% and 74% depending on the type of paper), ang water (50%). We correctly Fo that we are contributing to leaner air and water and re- ducing hazardous wastes such as dioxin created in the initial pro- duction of paper. But, what kind of holiday greet- ing cards are you planning to send this year? Did you know that beautiful cards on recycled paper are available from several non- profit organizations such as UNKEF and the National Cathe- dri®n Washington, D.C.? A wide variety of cards for all occasions are sold locally by the Tudor Book Skeps and at the Interfaith Re- we Center for peace and Jus- ite (68 S. Franklin St., Wilkes- Barre). Or, if you plan to use your computer to write a yearly letter to friends and relatives, computer paper is only one of many recycled, items available at the Office Ware- house near the Wyoming Valley Mall. As with any resource of prod- uct, supply must be matched by demand in order to maintain the economic vitality of the system. Choosing our cards, stationery, and computer paper is as impor- tant in protecting the environ- ment as putting recyclables out for collection. And we need to begin asking questions. Find out if the product you buy has been made from post-consumer waste or from trimmings from the production of envelops and other paper prod- ucts. Those pre-consumer wastes have been reworked into paper for years. What proportion of the productis actually recycled? There are rules yet that dictate the per- centage of recycled fiber that must be included before a manufac- turer can label a product “re- cycled.” Most types of paper should contain 50-80% recycled fiber. (And while you are asking ques- tions and making choices, look for cards that have been printed with soy-based inks. These inks are “easier to remove in the de-inking process prior to recycling. They also save oil and help American farmers. One of the most astonish- ing statistics I came across while researching this article is that we could reduce our petroleum im- ports by 5-6% if all professional printers switched to soy inks. That is more oil than would be gained by opening the Arctic National Wild- life Refuge to oil production!) There is now an oversupply of old newspaper (ONP) awaiting recyciing. This glut is creating a situation in which recyclers often must pay to get rid of the ONP they have collected. That is cheaper than sending it to the landfill, but some- how it just doesn’t seem right. Newspaper publishers should be encouraged to negotiate future long-term paper contracts with firms that use 40-60% recycled fiber. We can also help by support- ing businesses that use products made from ONP. For example, Burger King recently began pack- ing take-out orders in bags com- prised of 65% post-consumer ONP. They give an 800 number on each bag and ask for consumer com- ments. Call. Some Pennsylvania farmers have found shredded ONP to be an excellent substitute for straw as bedding for animals. It is cheaper and more absorbent and doesn’t contain weed seeds that could propagate in fields where bedding is spread after use. Price and availability will im- prove only when we, as consum- ers, demand recycled paper prod- ucts in the stores where we stop. this holiday season is a good time } to begin. (The technical information pre- sented here was mainly provided by Earth Care Paper, Inc. of Madi- son, WIL.) JW.J. By J.W. JOHNSON A few years ago there was a young dreamer writing for a Flor- ida newspaper. He was investigat- ing government-financed housing in a Florida city. He found, accord- ing to the article, some inhabitants without up-to-date or adequate apartments. Instead of realizing that the occupants of that housing - that is, I yer subsidized housing - were trtheless fortunate to have or than an adequate roof over their heads, the writer beat his moral breast about the govern- ment owing everyone a decent home. Conversely, readers of Esquire magazine recently learned about the humanitarian efforts of a North- eastern Pennsylvania area woman to assist a young New York City woman who was homeless. And while the compassion should be lauded, the effort failed because the young woman abandoned her benefactor and returned to the city to sleep with the devil she knew. Since when is every citizen, and according to HUD, owed “decent, safe and sanitary” accommoda- tions” Where is it written? As I read the constitution, it guarantees life, liberty and the pur- a of happiness, not the guaran- fee. Then again, we have an unac- countable bureaucracy, left largely to their own devices by a cowardly Congress. Bureaucrats operate outside the constitutional proc- | ess, and seemingly exist to make ~ one-size-fits-all regulations which defy logic, and which borrow against common sense in premise and application. Congress has discovered in the bureaucracy a way to remain pure and chaste, unsoiled by the accep- tance of mandated responsibilities to make tough political decisions. Congress simply sloughs off those responsibilities to a faceless, nameless mob and says: “Who, us?” What Congress does is pass a vaguely worded statute that si- multaneously creates a rule mak- ing body. In most cases the stat- ute's goals are as worthy as moth- erhood and apple pie so that no reasonable person (or those want- ing something for nothing) could oppose it, the political theory being that re-election is thus assured for the legislator whose name appears on the statute. Then enter the rule making body - the bureaucracy; that petty horde of regulation loving hacks who often don't have the faintest notion of the realities of the problem ad- dressed by the statute. The bu- reaucracy writes rules and the citizen and businessman are left to die on the beach, a victim of bellig- erent benevolence. In the case of housing subsidy and, to a lesser degree, the home- less, most governmental attempts to address these problems have the long term effect of perpetuat- ing the poverty class by collecting and grouping together people who have little to offer one another except the same needs. What the young (and I use the term loosely) journalist failed to note in his alleged investigation was that another study by a Texas newspaper found that nearly all HUD subsidized projects in 47 different cities were by and large segregated. At the same time, these millions appiness is not guaranteed of subsidized Americans are no different from the rest of America where in almost every city and communty (Pittsburgh in this state, for example, where there are more than 200 different ethnic groups), the different races and cultures have, generally speaking, main- tained separate neighborhoods. So what? If these people find themselves grouped into cultural and racial communities, a major- ity obviously want it that way. And there is also the periodic wailing because minority housing developments are so often found in run-down condition. This is somehow, too, often blamed on government. To sug- gest otherwise is to risk being called racist. To suggest, for example, that part of the reason lies in the living habits of the occupants...perish the thought! Our founders said the pursuit of happiness, not the guarantee. But that freedom, indeed the free- dom to fail, is now gone, sold at the ballot box for the perceived, but in reality, short term security of gov- ernment guarantee. In its place is the arrogant and mindless bureaucracy which makes decisions and develops ° programs such as subsidized housing. And it is the cowardly legislatures of this state and this land which allow those bureaucra- cies to remain in existence, to keep political heat from themselves when they make election promises that are incapable of being sup- ported by the voter's wallet or conscience. The opinions expressed are those of J.W. Johnson and do not neces- sarily reflect those of this newspa- per. Please address your comments, questions and/or column ideas to Mr. Johnson at P.O. Box E, Hones- dale, PA 18431. OOS SSS ISS The economic view Report ranks concerns of PA residents By HOWARD J. GROSSMAN As a result of a survey con- ducted by Pennsylvania State University and subsequently pub- lished in a report titled “Citizens’ View Point: Priorities for the 1990s” it is now possible to define the perception of people in the state as a whole in regard to a variety of social issues, and to analyze re- gional differences in citizen opin- ion within the state. As a result of the 1990 survey and the comparisons to a similar effort in 1980, it is possible to see the shifts in priorities which resi- dents believe to be important to- day versus those of a decade ago. As the survey notes, “Most obvi- ous was the increased emphasis given to environmental protection. Items directly dealing with pollu- tion and environmental preserva- tion represented six of the top 10 items in 1990...when comparing only the items asked in both time periods, the ranking of state road and highway repairs dropped slightly between 1980 and 1990, as did the items dealing with citi- zen government relations and job opportunities for youth and adults. The relative importance of pro- grams dealing with teenage drug and alcohol abuse remained high.” The 23 page report provides insight into specific functional areas for which questions were aggregated. These areas include citizen-government relations, en- vironmental protection, jobs, edu- cation, youth, housing, social serv- ices, medical services, senior citi- zens, roads and transportation, local services, nutrition and health, community ‘planning, economic development, and equality. The following list delineates the priorities as indicated by citizeas who participated in the survey which those who prepared the report believe to be a scientifically selected sample which is repre- sentative of the general population of Pennsylvania: Safe disposal of industrial waste, 84.7% Programs that deal with teen- age drug and alcohol abuse, 78.6% Safe drinking water, 77.5% Attention by government to citi- zen concerns, 77.1% Protection and conservation of the natural environment 73.6% Programs to reduce teenage 12x9'10" } 11x13'6" d 12x11'2" 12x11'6" Fog 12x10'4" Straw '12x9'1" Beach 12x14'3" Saddle Br 12x9'3" Aura Oatmeal Aged Silk 12x19'6" Teak 12x26'0 Hemp 12x15'0 Mauvelous 12x21'0 Oceanic THE Sq. Yd. 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