WHOMP! HERE IT IS!! PROJECT YOUTH RECYCLE!!! A group of enterprising and talented youths ages 9 to 1 6 have proven that recycling sounds better with a beat! An entertaining and educational video is the product of a summer program entitled "PROJECT YOUTh RECYCLE" sponsored by the City of Winstoi Salem's RECYCLE TODAY program and Keep Winston-Salem Beautiful, Inc. JJ* young people from the East Winston Community '?PROJECT YOUTI RECYCLE". They spent one month YOUTH learning about and exploring first hand how recycling and solid waste operations work in ^ Winston- ff Salem. After seeing it "up close and personal", the kids were challenged with the task of producing a N THE SHOW IS GOING ON THE ROAD The video will be aired several times on the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School Channel 2 during the month or December. Additionally, the video will be shown to school groups, civic organizations and visitors touring the BFI Cecyclery. It's an effective tool in reinforcing the recycling message. Equally important, the video serves as an example that young people are fast learners and powerful messengers - even when the language is their very own! This is the first year the City of Winston-Salem has sponsored PROJECT YOUTH RECYCLE and because of its success thus far, the project will likely become an annual event. Our sincere thanks to the sponsors and participants of our premier PROJECT YOUTH RECY&E: & video to encourage norv recyclers to "get with the program" specifically, tne Curbside Recycling Program. THE RECYCLE RAP The resulting video, which was written, produced and performed by the participants, is creative and effective in its message. The video includes a mock newscast by WREC-TV (Recycling, Education in the Community TV),_ and includes an EXCLUSIVE interview with a Garbologist who's discovered an amazing phenomena at an old landfill. The video pokes holes in the lame excuses used by norvrecyclers. The rap video uses humor and the sincerity of youth to recruit converts to the recycling crusade. SPONSORS AT&T Video Production BFI City of WinstorvSalem/City TV 1 3 The Children's Loft Hones Mill Road Landfill Staff Horn & Stronach Marketing, Advertising & Public Relations Krispy Kregie Doughnuts Relay, Inc. Rupert Bell Recreation Center Staff The Urban League Whitney Lang WSJS Radio WXII-TV For more information or if you would like the video, call Keep Winston-Salem Beautiful at 727-8013. IT'S A STEEL FOOD* BEVERAGE CANS THAT IS! Don't forget. Your RECYCLE TODAY program accepts steel food and beverage cans. It's easy to recycle steel cans. Here's how: 1 . Rinse cans thoroughly. Acceptable cans include: fruit, vegetable, soup, meat, fish, pet food, juice and coffee cans. No aerosol or paint cans, please. 2. Drop the lids into the cans. Squeeze the lid slightly to keep lid from falling out. You don't have to remove the label , but it helps I 3. Place the cans into the Mn along with other recyclables. For more information, call 722-BINS (722-2467). ROUTINE RECYCLERS: THE BACKBONE OF OUR SUCCESS! L foOty**! green bin scouts. V$e wanted to measure cec^ainh The City gets high marks. Citywide oarticioahon stands at an imorttssivA 75%! ": ip Below is a list of neighborhood* achieving /w7 6 participation raw or nigner. inw are many! Sherwood Forest 92% Buena Vista 39% Town & Country 85% Ardmore 82% West End 82% Sandersted 78% Salem Woods 74% Winston lake Estates 73% Gedardale 73% Carver School Road 73% Waughtown 72% If you would like to know how your neighborhood is doing, cal the RECYCLE TODAY office at 727*153 and we'll include you in the next survey. In the meantime, keep those cans and bottles coming! A SWEEPING SUCCESS! On September 1 8th, 260 Big Sweep volun teers collected 1 2,980 pounds of trash and debris from Winston-Salem waterways I 1 2 sites were included in the Big Sweep, which is part of a nationwide cleanup held each fall. Some of the sites cleaned and beautified by the 260 hard working volunteers included Kemersville Lake, Upper and Lower Peters Creek, Salem Creek and Salem Lake. A new site was added this year, the Tar Branch Creek near Wachovia and Poplar Streets. The waterway cleanup is sponsored by First Citizens Bank and Keep Winston-Salem Beautiful. If you missea out on this year's Big Sweep, aon't worTy. We'll provide you with plenty of notice to volunteer for Big Sweep 1 994!

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