16 The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, December 8, 1993 Recycling (continued from page 1) sor Joseph Stager. “We only found out about the census figures a couple of months ago. We'll be forced into recycling when we aren't financially capable without state assistance.” Out of the state's 414 munici- palities which are required to recycle, only Jackson Township and Philadelphia aren't doing it, according to DER's chief of recy- cling and markets Carl Hursh. “Jackson Township was sup- posed to have a curbside recy- cling program in operation by July, 1993," he said. ~ He added that although mu- nicipalities have the right to ask the local DER office for an exemp- tion from the law, DER has never made an exception to Act 101 due a municipality's population being inflated by the existence of a prison. “We had this before with Grater- ford Prison,” he said. “No excep- tions have ever been made. I don't think that we can excuse any- one's responsibility under the law.” Hursh isn't even sure who would grant an exception if one were appropriate. Although he admitted that DER is responsible for supervising recycling programs and enforcing Act 101, he said that deciding who is to grant exceptions to the act is “a good question to ask an attorney.” - Noncompliance could be ex- pensive. If Jackson Township refuses to begin a curbside recy- cling plan, it could lose all of its state funding, according to Sec- ~ tion 1708 of the act. Although Stager declined to say how expensive a loss of state funds ~ would be to the township, the recently adopted 1994 budget shows aproximately $147,000, a quarter of all revenues, as “inter- governmental revenue.” Stager said that the supervisors would “study all incoming state funding and the township's responsibili- ties and limits under the law” before implementing the required program. The Census Bureau didn’teven start out with the correct popula- tion figures for Jackson Town- ship, according to township sec- Jackson Twp. population 1990 U.S. Census of Population and Housing Total Population 5,336 SEX Male 4063 Female 1273 AGE Under 5 years 192 510 17 years 497 18 to 20 years 166 21 to 24 years 369 25 to 44 years 2847 45 to 54 years 613 55 to 59 years 167 60 to 64 years 155 65 to 74 years 204 75 to 84 years 108 85 years and over 18 Median age 34.2 Under 18 years 689 HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE Total households 863 Persons living in households 2571 Person per household 2.98 GROUP QUARTERS Persons living in group quarters 2765 Institutionalized persons 2765 Total population minus prison population 2571 “They called me in 1991 be- cause they had accidentally in- cluded 500 inmates at Retreat State Prison in Hunlock Town- ship in our figures,” he said. “I don't know if they were ever re- moved from our population.” Mark Carmon of the local DER office said that DER isn’t “trying to jam recycling down people's throats.” “If a township feels that it's being singled out because of a facility that it has no direct au- thority over, we need to sit down with them and discuss this,” he said. “It's a real can of worms. If the inmates are being counted as residents for recycling purposes, why aren't they considered resi- Broken vows—— (continued from page 1) Lewis said. If the restitution agreement were violated, for example by fail- ure to pay, Slater could be asked to “forfeit her right to do busi- ness,” Lewis said. The suit stemmed from com- plaints made by several Back Mountain women to the Bureau of Consumer Protection earlier this year, in which Dallas Township resident Lisa Higgins said that her bridesmaids had paid depos- its in August, 1992, for Alfred Angelo fuchsia tea-length dresses for a May, 1993 wedding. When the dresses arrived two weeks before the wedding, Hig- gins said that they didn't fit prop- erly and hadn't been neatly fin- ished. Her bridesmaids had to hur- riedly purchase the same gowns from another bridal shop. After the quality contrél de- partment of the manufacturer, Alfred Angelo, examined Higgins’ dress, it issued a written state- ment that the dress “did not rep- resent the standard quality of Alfred Angelo gowns," citing mis- matched sleeves, finishing of in- side seams and dress tags “not commonly used by Alfred Angelo.” Three other area brides also experienced problems with dresses paid for but never deliv- ered or coming in the wrong style or color, according to records at District Magistrate Earl Gregory’ Ss office. After ordering Alfred Angelo dresses, two brides learned that Slater didn't have an account with the company, according to Gre- gory's records. Slater had said in an inter view in June that she and her attorney had “sat down with the Consumer Board and worked everything out. Everything was fine.” During that interview, she had accused Hig- gins of lying about her, making flase claims and trying to get people not to do business with her. When contacted December 6, Slater said, “I have no comment.” The attorney general's office requests consumers who wish to file a complaint in this case but haven't done so yet to contact attorney J. P. McGowan at the Bureau of Consumer Protection Back Mountain is recycling leader By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff Act 101, the recycling law, requires municipalities with populations of more than 5,000 and population densities of more than 300 persons per square mile to recycle at least three of these items: aluminum, bi-metal cans, clear and col- ored glass, plastic, newsprint. The Back Mountain has these recycling programs: o State Correctional Institu- tion at Dallas (SCID): Since 1990, the prison has recycled corrugated cardboard, bi-metal cans, aluminum and glass, according to assistant superin- tendent Tom Figmick. The prison doesn't recycle news- print because it can't find a buyer for it. e Harveys Lake: Since mid- 1990, the borough has oper- ated a voluntary curbside recy- cling program, in which resi- dents leave clear and colored glass, plastic, aluminum, bi- metal cans and newsprint in special covered containers for the road department to pick up. Harveys Lake isn't required to recycle; the Environmental Action Committee (EVAC) be- gan the program voluntarily. e Dallas and Kingston Town- ships: Due to their population size, these townships were the first area communities required to implement a curbside recy- cling program. All items specified in Act 101 are recycled; residents are pro- vided with special bins to place recyclables out with their trash every week. The Dallas Area Municipal Authority (DAMA) administers the program, which it has de- scribed as very sucessful. ¢ Dallas Borough: Although not required to recycle, the borough decided to join Dallas and Kingston townships in the recycling program administered by DAMA. e Lake Township: A volun- tary drop-off program run by citizen volunteers collects alu- minum, clear and colored glass, bi-metallic cans and plastic once a month. o Lehman and Franklin town- ships don't recycle because they don't meet the population re- quirements in Act 101. 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