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RISKS
AT HOME
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to make sure your home is a safe and healthy place, and DEP
can help. Pennsylvania participates in the national Home*A*Syst
program that helps homeowners and renters evaluate their homes
and properties for pollution risks from air, lead, water, products
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With the Home*A*Syst program, we'll make it
easy for you to ask the right questions and take the right steps
to protect your children's health. For more information, contact
Fran Koch at the Bureau of Watershed Conservation at (717) 783-2289
or email Koch.Frances@dep.state.pa.us.
GreenWords "Home*A*Syst" |
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ARE
YOU A WASTE WATCHER?
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So many
groups and individuals are doing terrific work to help
Pennsylvania exceed its recycling goal, DEP encourages
everyone who's eligible to complete a simple, one-page
entry form and apply for a 2001 Waste Watcher award.
The awards recognize public and private
efforts that meet or exceed the Commonwealth's criteria
for recycling and waste prevention. Anyone in the recycling
industry is eligible to enter.
Waste Watcher categories include:
- Recycling Collection: curbside,
Drop-off, Pay-As-You-Throw, Commercial/ Institutional
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- Recycling Education: Comprehensive,
Single Communications Piece, Newsletter, Electronic
Communication.
- Processing and Markets: Materials
Recover Facility, Recycled Products Manufacturing,
Composting.
- Tall Tales: Strange Event,
Creative Occurrence, Believe It or Not.
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Sponsored by the DEP, the Public Recycling
Officials of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Waste
Industries Association, the awards will be presented
for programs in place and functioning during 2000. The
deadline for applications is January 31, 2001. So make
plans to enter now!
Watch your local newspapers for more
announcements. Guidelines and an application for the
award will be available on the web
GreenWords "Recycling"
or call the Recycling Hotline, (800) 346-4242.
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Stop
Litter
At Its Source!
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The new Litterbug CLEARinghouse (Community
Litter Education and Action Resources) is now available
thorough the Litterbug Hotline to help prevent litter
before it happens. It offers ways you can deal with
a host of litter problems -- from uncovered trucks and
abandoned vehicles to lingering political posters and
littered business areas.
Managed by the Pennsylvania Resources
Council (PRC), the new Clearinghouse programs makes
it possible for citizens to use the toll-free Litterbug
Hotline at 888-LITTERBUG
to get cleanup projects under way.
By calling the hotline, Pennsylvanians
can identify and seek solutions for:
- Significant litter problems in their
communities and travel routes.
- Illegal signs on telephone poles
- Abandoned vehicles.
- Inefficient litter cleanup near business
establishments.
- Identifiable sources of flyer or
poster litter.
- Poor litter management related to
public events.
The hotline will provide materials to
help combat litter and will strive to ensure that the
information provided by the caller is accurate.
For more inflammation, visit www.GreenWorks.tv
GreenWords "Litter
Prevention," call the Litterbug Hotline
Clearinghouse at 888-LITTERBUG
or visit PRC's website at www.prc.org.
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Take a look at this....
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A Recycled Shopping Spree - Macungie,
Lehigh County
Follow former GreenWorks TV host Jamie
Smith as she browses stylish furnishings, jewelry, clothing
and more made from recycled materials at the store called
Home and Planet. With a wide array of fascinating and
beautiful recycled item available, why buy anything
else!
You can find this special program at
GreenWords "GWTV
Spree."
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Buying Products for the Green Home
- Pittsburgh
E. House Company located in one of Pittsburgh's
most popular shopping districts, sells a full range
of products for the green home. From clothing made of
organic cotton to natural cosmetics, to recycled gift
items, this store gives shoppers the opportunities to
support companies that share their values.
You can find this special program at
GreenWords "GWTV
Home."
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A Hanover, York County, Company that
CAN Recycle
GreenWorks Environmental Tourist Gabrielle
Mahler visits the Crown, Cork and Seal Company, which
manufactures cans for many food items. It also recycles
the scrap metal, plastics and cardboard used in production.
The company's recycling efforts were recognized with
the 1999 Governor's Award for Environmental Excellence.
You can find this special program at
GreenWords "GWTV
Can."
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Setting
up or improving an existing school recycling program
can create a learning experience for all involved.
When setting up a program, concentrate on areas
that produce significant amounts of recyclables.
Here are seven steps to school recycling:
- Obtain support
from the school administration, involve the
custodial staff.
- Identify loyal
recycling services.
- Evaluate the
recyclables generated in different locations
of the school to determine the best recycling
bin locations.
- Make sure recycling
bins are well marked.
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- Locate the
bins close to trash containers in order to make
the choice to recycle easy.
- Work with your
custodial staff to develop a collection system.
- Educate and
reeducate about your recycling program using
the school newspaper, posters, web page, email,
school handbook and student orientation.
For more help
developing a recycling program to suit your school's
needs or for more information on creating your
county recycling coordinator, use
"GreenWords
"School
Recycling"
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