Don't lose it, re-use
By CYNTHIA HOWARD
Staff Writer
Recycling Day and G-Littcr Day
will both take place on Saturday, and
volunteers in Chapel Hill and Carr
boro will take time out to pick up
and recycle trash and other items such
as aluminum cans, newspapers and
glass.
G-Litter Dav will be held from 9:00
Free
a.m. to 1 1:00 a.m. and Recycling Day
will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00
p.m.
The Recycling Day project is being
directed by Blair Pollock, who hopes
the project will encourage people to
recycle material they usually throw
away. To participate, people only
need to gather as much recyclable
material as possible, then take the
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materials to the site of their choice.
The designated sites, such as the
Animal Shelter and Cedar Falls Park,
will benefit from the amount of
recyclable goods they receive.
"If the dumpsters are filled on all
eight sites, there will be 20 tons of
newspaper, eight tons of glass and 600
tons of aluminum," Pollock said.
This amount of materials would be
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equivalent to $100 to $150 for each
of the designated sites, he said.
Like Pollock, Francis DiGiano,
chairman and co-founder of G-Litter
Day sponsor Cleanscape, hopes the
G-Litter Day project will change
people's attitudes. He said he hopes
people will see other people picking
up trash and "that will help to change
attitudes."
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DiGiano said he believes if more
people participated in the campaign
against litter, others would think
twice before littering.
Unlike Recycling Day, which has
never been done before, G-Litter day
is in its fifth year. Last year there were
between 30 and 50 volunteers who
gathered 400 bags of trash, DiGiano
said.
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Cleanscape has also started PIE
(Profitable Image Enhancement), he
said. The object of this program is
to encourage area businesses and
organizations, such as fraternities, to
become more involved in the anti
litter campaign.
The PIE program works like a
walk-a-thon, DiGiano said. Volun
teers raise monev for their organiza
tions by picking up trash, he said.
Cleanscape would pledge $1 for every
bag picked up.
Job Hot Line
nominated for
national award
By LAURA BENNETT
Staff Writer
UNC's Career Planning and Place
ment Center may have an award
winning program in its new Job Hot
Line service, center director Marcia
Harris said.
The hot line, which has been in
service since June, is an automated
telephone listing service that allows
students and alumni to locate job
opportunities through a touch-tone
telephone.
The caller is given an identity
number that is registered with per
sonal information, and when that
number is given to the computer, it
will respond in a synthesized voice
to give appropriate job listings.
The service, which is the only one
of its kind in the country offered by
a university, was nominated by
Tulane University for the national
award for innovative programs,
offered by the College Placement
Council.
UNC's program is a finalist in the
contest, and the results will be
announced in June, Harris said.
The service was developed by the
UNC Career Planning and Placement
Service at a cost of $10,000. The UNC
Parents Council provided the funds
for the project.
Seniors, graduate students and
UNC alumni have access to the hot
line, Harris said. In the past nine
months, 1,500 phone calls have been
placed to the service, she said.
The computer contains about 1,000
jobs in its listings. Employers send
flyers and requests to the placement
service to be placed on the listing,
and the service has also begun mailing
information about the hot line to
employers, Harris said.
"Employers are very excited about
it because they can call up and have
their names listed on the computer
the next day," Harris said. ' '
Another asset to the program is its
availability, Harris said. The hot line
operates 23 hours a day, leaving one
hour open for entering new job
opportunities.
Harris said she is optimistic about
the nomination for the College
Placement Council award. Winning
the award would provide great
recognition for the efforts of the
Career and Placement Service, she
said.
Other colleges and universities
have also shown an interest in
developing a similar program, she
said.
"There's a possibility that the
software would be available to other
universities," Harris said. A decision
on the sale of the software is being
considered by the UNC
administration.
"It's been an exciting program," she
said. "In the placement area, seldom
have new things come along. It's
especially useful for alumni, and it's
useful to employers who can reach
potential employees in 24 hours."
Harris said she would like to
expand the system to include intern
ships, summer employment and
interview schedules, but the funding
is not available.
"We're always looking for ways to
improve our services," she said.
It brings out
the best
in all of us."
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