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IF YOU'RE NOT BUYING RECYCLED, YOU'RE NOT REALLY RECYCLING CF1 FRR TF AMERICA RECYCLES DAY November 15 ? Commit to buy recycled products at home, work, and school. ? Read product labels for recycled content, especially post consumer. Don't let the recycling symbol on a product mislead you; it could simply be a reminder to recycle. ? Purchase "safe bets" that always have recycled content: steel, aluminum, glass, molded pulp containers. * ^ ? Purchase products that you know can be recycled in your community. A product that is recyclable but can't be recycled in your community ends up in the land fill. ? If your favorite products do not have a recycled content, call * the manufacturer and ask them to use recycled materials. ? Teach children to recycle: organize a tour of the local landfill and the Materials Recovery Facility. ? Act by buying a recycled product today! IT9 WIN THE AMERICAN kXJ GREEN DREAM HOUSE Pledge to increase recycling and buy recycled products (no pur chase necessary) and you could win the American Green Dream House, a $200,000.00, 3 bedroom, 2 m bath home built of recycled materials. For kids under 18, you could win a trip to Walt Disney World. Pledge online via www.americarecycles day.org, or fill out the entry form on this page or pledge card at one of these locations: Forsyth County Public Library branch es, Sci Works, and the U.S. Postal Service on Healy Drive and Town Run Lane. Deadline for receiving entries is November 20, 1998. S3 BUY RECYCLED CONTEST * Win $500 in groceries from 5 Star Supermarket, 3015 Waughtown St., or a $300 gift certificate from Home Depot, 1000 Hanes Mall Blvd. Identify the most products and/or packaging made from recycled materials. One winner per store. Contest ends 11-15-98 WINSTOHSAIMM JUtCYCLE7232784 % jTODAY I RECYCLE THESE MATERIALS I Aluminum beverage cans Chipboard (cereal, tissue, c. tf .. cracker boxes, etc.) Steel food and beverage cans Newspaper Glass containers Maea/ines (colored and clear) Magazines Junk Mail *1 & #2 Plastic ? , . . . "necked" containers Telephone books nCURBSIDE RECYCLING 1 PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS | Curbside Tons Recycled Last Year Aluminum can 275.88 Steel cans 194.78 #1 & #2 Plastic containers 571.97 Glass containers 662.33 Newspaper ; , 6,179.35 Magazines/Phone Books 232.89 Junk mail/mixed paper 347.74 Chipboard 260.80 Total Tonnage 8,725.74 -? 7 Cardboard collected at Fire Stations 9.04 Cardboard Recycling Drop-Off Sites We've expanded cardboard recycling at fire stations: * > 100 Arbor Rd. 4700 Country Club Rd. 2995 N. Liberty St. 290 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. 4685 Ogburn Ave. - 771 Palmer Lane 1 2417 Reynolda Rd. 2745 Waughtown St. Recycling Hotline 723-2784 Call the Recycling Hotline for recycling information, bin requests, collection schedule, etc. Multi-Family owners and managers call Teresa Williams at 727-8153 to start your recycling program. i > WIN THE "AMERICAN GREEN DREAM HOUSE" SUPPORT AMERICA RECYCLES DAY ON NOVEMBER 15. The average American throws away more than 4 pounds of garbage every day, which adds up to about 200 million tons of trash a year. In the past 10 years the recycling rate has increased from 11 percent to 27 percent. Recycling saves energy, resources and landfill space. If you're not buying recycled, you're not really recycling. November 15 Is America Recycles Day. Every American is invited to begin, enhance or support recycling and "Buy Recycled" efforts. Fill out your pledge below and mail by Novem ber 20,1998, and you could win one of the many great prizes, even the "American Green Dream House," a brand-new three-bedroom, 2 1/2 bath home built with recycled materials. I But you cao't win if you don't make a pledge. And recycling will lose if you don't. $ . 01 (we) pledge to buy recycled...recycle ? : more...or support a recycling event. name Please enter me (us) in the drawing to be? held in Washington, D.C., on December ! 15,1998, after America Recycles Day. ; 0f?anlzatkx1 or 1)081,1088 <?e,tona,> One entry per person. No purchase necessary. Your name and address will be kept confi dential. Or make your pledge via the Internet at ;address www.americarecyclesday.org ? i . Use the space below to describe your activity to u support buying recycled in America: ? ^ 8ta,a ^ ) county daytime phone ? I I Please check here N you are under the age ot $ ' FWtumto: Africa Recycle* Diy, do (kofin Recycling AnodKm, 733# Chaptl Hill Ri, Site 217, Raleigh, NC 27*7-5142 America Recycles Day Is sponsored by: The U.S. Postal Service, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, BFI, Great WhNsS Recited Content Paper, The Home Depot, 100% Recycled Papertoard Alliance, Remanufacuturing Indus tries Cound International and The Steel Recycling Institute. a wit* rrcycuw pay owcm cqntmt puu? no purcmam m mansAay am rntrv ne rwsa* trrm: tw? emmm it mm ***** tins mtm ? im mm iotas Mast -- ? saaZaLNMae Seatp7 Is aa MtorTnadsHag etdyTbe RealHR be belTl tlaear't tfecMed U^h7>msm) before a?sniebs. 10. 1090 tmSi PmShT Tw 'bifTraadan'b . e'lpp ibr hsm ?NM tor lies I III ertsea HcMri dbaee (?bee apNeaMeV A bar s readers dre?lag la e Mare ceareM. aM earner mil be Awarded la ibe peed plat dreerlag. ODDS OP WINNINO Odd* ef eriaatag mm be dSNnatoed be *s aoatosr ef eabtos raeeleed. OMr ef maatag toe OmhI Prte* me m leerr 1 730.000 HOW TO PARTKIPATC Tb earer. head plai year umflsie rasas aad edtoeae aa a f ? J" *tm ytoes ef peer er pa platod eaery emd. btoM year eaby m ASMriH^tosystos Pay CeaeeM. sto RisMerbiiiiiii>g^ede^^Ceaac? latanealeem, PO^Ree 10007, Cbeartoy, VA,^OUU-OIWT Barrier mm be ppiwarbad by ll/lbtoO WWearneHR be relnrsf b^? iMidam latoe^NUTRNlAI HHfc nTSaad Maa eHaaar'adR ba aarMed m er'^'Tl/MVOr ?JOHMTTy'Tn Ngel'u j e?> tJT II pan of ptrddrr'rMMMmilX'^tTdm i^VslrVLd*toeb haandba* Jt, a?Osmef tos RaayaRapOaatotoa ef Taaaa. Tbe^Pael* R* InMiHs. to*.. ir null u aftos aaOiaal siastoig nssbii, msh npiliiH sad )iiililyidiig inaeans ass HOT toJqWtH.T*to eaeasM eeld sbsrsiM pabtobsd er rssatoad by la* aad ts aabfaai to HI federal. rtaM aad lasal Ism aad rtgaloiter CONDmONS: AmerVr Reryetrr Day ?rered.r Cianlan i nrrietorrr. TNHItoto Ra'InHtdia. toe ReryiRag CaaRRae ef Tbaaa. paMMpadag ^eaaaa*. toaie egeaey er resytllag erpatoariea up aad ynbni OeasrS an eat la say way Rsbto tot fraigi. Ian at lapry ben r m i leg toe eeawai er eeeepeaee sad an ef toe peed plea baaas The sriaaer mm Mae a RabtoR eaNar. Ry I lal g aa ea?y. R n Hij|_ ' aaaap aadrpee retoaee rtoaa aad toe dartMearef Tbarff-OaWt RiiilnMiRe. hre aad toe Rerjrbag V lllii af Tease, abteb toaR ba Mtlailui ?enaary ea toe dl ^r!^nto mm' aaaemtoyI to^to Ua^d!* '?*?*** rdwuj/inM m ?w^^^NPMytoy <*_ ******* eftoa ptoejebi^JtoMMiispleg a ptoe.^toaeef paatr Aareriee R'rjtoM^^^atod^lte to* aei ef WaAMr aane ^ead Hbearer b? Mh'eiUrlag rad^lbran^^nl ?^M'I ? ?" ?**?* rddmurrl eaapaaMbaa eatap abare ptotMaed rtoillaill! le<dpi m Ter^olnlr^rrlrcMtdl* o2Tpm^./^lm^am^naTtrm^to^m tto be '*,sm 8 "-1 " *" ^" *" - * mm**4 THE CITY OF WINSTON-SALEM THANKS YOU FOR RECYCLING AND BUYING RECYCLED Questions or concerns about city government services? Call Citizens Service 727-8000. 8am - 5pm, Monday-Friday. The City of Winston-Salem does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, age, national origin, religion or disability in its employment opportunities, programs, services or activities. (TDD no. 727-8319) ? ? < r ? '
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