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By: Justin Ramb
Staff Writer
The National Kidney
Foundation (NKF) and
Reynolds Aluminum
Recycling Company
(RACO) kicked off a joint
campaign urging the
public to recycle alumi
num-contributing their
earnings toward the re
search, diagnosis and
treatment of kidney and
urinary tract diseases.
Officials of the two
organizations said they
hoped, in the process, to
put to final rest a long
standing false rumor
that pull tabs from bev
erage cans can be saved
and redeemed for free
time on a kidney dialy
sis machine.
'This has never been
true," said William P.
Hunter Jr., chairman of
the National Kidney
Foundation. "The truth
is that no one is denied
dialysis time because of
lack of money. Largely
due to the efforts of the
National Kidney Foun
dation, Medicare covers
80 percent of the cost of
dialysis regardless of
someone's age or finan
cial status. The other 20
percent is usually paid
by an individual's per
sonal health insurance or
state kidney programs."
The rumor has
plagued both organiza
tions for years and all
efforts to track down its
origin and stop it at the
source have been unsuc-.
cessful.
Time after time,
spirited citizens have
brought large volumes
of pull tabs to Reynolds
centers thinking that
they could be exchanged
for dialysis time for suf
ferers of kidney disease,
only to be told that no
such program existed or
was necessary.
"Keep tabs on your
cans," Mr. Hunter and
Mr. Charles Rayfield,
vice-president of Rey
nolds Aluminum Recy
cling company stressed
at a recent conference.
They urged that the en
tire aluminum contain
ers be turned in to a
Reynolds recycling cen
ter as contributions to
help in the fight against
kidney disease. "The
whole can will provide
even more money for the
National Kidney Foun
dation," Mr. Rayfield
said. "And even be
yond that, people can
recycle a wide variety of
other aluminum items.
If it is aluminum, it can
be recycled."
Groups and indi
viduals turning in alu
minum for this cause
will be given an item
ized receipt for record
keeping and tax pur
poses, and Reynolds will
forward the donations
on a regular basis to the
Foundation through its
local affiliates.
While their value
varies, depending on
world aluminum condi
tions and area and re
gional competition, used
aluminum beverage
cans are worth an aver
age of more than 40 cents
a pound at Reynolds
recycling centers today;
more than a penny a can.
In addition to all
aluminum beverage
cans, Reynolds also re
cycles such other alumi
num items as frozen food
and dinner trays, foil,
aluminum house siding,
and lawn chairs. So
please continue to save
your aluminum but just
keep your tabs on your
cans.
(Editor's Note:
There is a recycling project
under-way at M-AC, if you are
interested please contact
ShannonHodgins)
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