Recyling Making Dent In Waste
Stream As Groups Inform Public
Over the past eight months 122
tons cf rcc>clab!c **cic kc^
out of the Brunswick County land
fill due to the efforts of recycling
centers at Sunset Beach, Boiling
Spring Lakes and Long Beach.
That's the good news announced
at the April 9 meeting of the Bruns
wick County Keep America Beauti
ful Inc. affiliate.
The bad news is that 122 tons is
just a drop in the solid waste buck
et: According to the N.C. Depart
ment of Environment, Health and
Natural Resources, the average
North Carolinian throws away near
ly a ton of trash a year.
Brunswick County's KAB affili
ate and Brunswick County's Clean
County Department arc working to
gether to increase public awareness
of the need to reduce the waste
stream and to improve the local en
vironment. The national KAB orga
nization's slogan: "Let's Not Waste
the '90's."
April's a natural time for the two
local organizations to focus on pub
lic awareness, combining Keep Am
erica Beautiful Month, the National
Celebration of the Outdoors, and
Earth Day 1990.
Chance Scrantom, chairman of
the local KAB steering committee,
said the organizations arc encourag
ing pcupic 10 keep lilc "unci piikcu
up in their neighborhoods, to use
paper cups rather than plastic foam,
to ask for paper grocer bags rather
than plastic, and to recycle their
newspapers, glass and plastics at a
local recycling center.
On Earth Day, Sunday, April 22,
Brunswick County Clean County
Director Terry Munn will be the
guest speaker at a special 10:30
a.m. rogation service scheduled at
St. James Episcopal Church in Shal
lotte.
KAB affiliate board member
Carol Rogers is also working with
the Brunswick County Schools in
an effort to initiate a "Clean Schools
Month" in May at the elementary
and middle schools. During April
teachers in grades three through five
received complimentary copies of
an "Environmental Education"
manual developed by a coalition of
state agencies and non-profit orga
nizations for use in the classroom.
The manual includes 20 lessons
plans intended as a resource for use
in celebration of Earth Day or to
generally increase students' under
standing of the environment and
how their daily actions affect it.
Also, mayors of local towns arc
ucmg lUKUi u> piuc'iaim Apr:! US
Keep America Beautiful Month.
And, in June, KAB will be working
with United Carolina Bank and lo
cal telephone companies to recycle
old telephone books when the new
ones arc delivered.
The activities all interrelate,
Scrantom indicated. KAB uses a
systematic approach to changc indi
vidual behaviors and attitudes, rely
ing on all sectors of the community
for support in achieving a last solu
tion, something more than a one
time litter pick-up.
KAB's immediate goal is to
achievc a sustained reduction in lit
ter as the first step toward improv
ing the overall local environment.
"People's attitudes about how they
handle their waste are a major cause
of improper waste management
practices," said Scrantom, who also
coordinates the Volunteers for Re
cycling at Sunset Beach. KAB
works on changing attitudes by cre
ating greater public awareness of
the extent and nature of the prob
lem, involving the entire communi
ty in developing a solution, focus
ing on results and providing posi
tive reinforcement.
The local steering commiucc is
working wilh the three volunteer re
cycling cenlcrs now in operation in
Brunswick County, as well as assist
ing other communities, such as
Shallottc and Calabash, to develop
recycling projects of their own.
North Carolina, through legisla
tion passed last year, is aiming to
rcduce generation of solid waste by
25 percent by 1993, in part by re
quiring counties and towns to begin
recyling and other waste-reduction
programs such as source reduction
and composting.
Brunswick County has not yet
announced its overall plan for re
ducing the flow of solid waste to the
county landfill. The Clean County
Department has initiated a pilot
"desktop" recycling program in
county offices. County employees
are being asked to recycle most
types of office waste, including
copy paper, computer printouts and
correspondence.
Business offices, schools and oth
er agencies are being invited to par
ticipate in the project also, said
Munn. He noted that as much as 40
percent of municipal solid waste is
paper, with the percentage higher
for offices and schools.
Course To Teach Safe Handgun Use
Men and women age 21 and old
er can lcam to use a handgun safely
in a course set to begin Monday,
May 7, from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 pm.
in the ALS Building multipurpose
room at Brunswick Community
College.
The course is being offered
through BCC's Continuing Edu
cation Division, and a 515 registra
tion fee is payable at the first class
meeting. Prc-rcgistration is required
due to the class size limit of 30 stu
dents.
Beginning to experienced shoot
ers will be taught a comprehensive
course in handgun safety, skills,
VIC Nominations
Deadline Extended
The deadline for nominations for
Outstanding Volunteer Service
Awards and Governor's Awards has
been extended until Friday due to
the Easter holiday.
Nominations this year will be
judged by D.O.V.I.A., a volunteer
group from Wilmington, said
Brunswick County Volunteer and
Information Center (VIC) Director
Shirley Carroll. The top four people
or groups nominated will be receive
Governor's Awards.
VIC Board Chairman Percy
Woodard said, "We have many fine
people in Brunswick County who
volunteer their time and skills. It is
only fitting that wc set a special
time to recognize their contributions
and say 'thank you'."
Previous Governor's Award win
ners, who are not eligible for nomi
nation this year, include Daphne
Foumier, Danni Moore, Joseph
Stevenson, the Boiling Spring
Lakes recycling group, Skylie Hcw
ett, Robin Parker Hobbs, O'Grctta
Saunders and VFw Ladies Auxi
liary Post No. 10400 of Boiling
Spring Lakes.
For more information, or to ob
tain application forms, call the VIC
office at 754-4766.
fundamentals and sclf-protcction.
Upon satisfactory completion of the
course students will receive Na
tional Rifle Association certificates.
Students do not need to bring
guns on the first night of class.
For more information, contact
Perry Hall at BCC.
CLUB BRIEFS
Elks Auxiliary
Card Party Set
"Spring Game Time" is the
theme of a card party planned by
the Calabash Elks Lodge Auxiliary
Tuesday, April 24, from 1 p.m. to 4
p.m. at the lodge at Traders Village,
Calabash.
Admission is $3, with desserts
and beverages to be served and door
prizes awarded.
For more information or tickets,
contact Grace Mahony, 579-5987,
or Norma Nordbruch, 5798-3782.
Calabash Veterans of Foreign
Wars Post 7288 and its ladies auxil
iary will sponsor a dinner Saturday,
May 5, at 6:30 p.m. at the VFW
clubhouse to honor "Gold Star
Mothers" and their spouses. Tickets
are $5 and may be purchased
through May 2 at the post building
on Carter Road, Calabash.
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