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Home My WebLink AboutNews of the Future August 1994 Recycling AUGUST 1994 City of Euless CIII) L. � rightn Do e e The space factor in apartments is only a one of several reasons expired telephone books should be recycled. , In addition to lack of space, the knliVitt i * . human conscience has a hard time -tir M. throwing away five or six books, each / a' 2,000 pages in length. For the organized 1''. . , ,_ .. . _. .. individual, the new books inevitably arrive "' - '` • just when the old book has been dog- eared, highlighted and filled with various important notes gathered during the past '` 61.1 year. Every year, without fail, several updated telephone books are delivered to YMCA Children celebrate the Second Annual Telephone Book each residence. Although apartment man- Recycling Program Kickoff with the City of Euless by building a agers try to monitor the flow of delivery, larger than life"Texas"using 3,000 old telephone books. CIDsomehow, the books continue to slip by and end up on front door steps of In cooperation with Southwestern Bell Yellow apartment residences. Pages,the City of Euless is hosting a telephone book Do not despair, as technology recycling project through August 21, 1994. continues to grow, telephone books are11111C A telephone book recycling dumpster is located being made with higher percentiles of in the parking lot of City Hall at 201 North Ector recycled paper. By recycling old telephone Drive. Telephone books from any telephone book books, not only is landfill space being company are acceptable and can be placed in the 111.0saved, but paper is available to provide dumpster free of charge through August 21, 1994. ample supply for next year's books. Call Recycling Line at 685-1825 for more information. 4 miaThe air you breathe: Exercising living with Ozone0 wnIte the smog exercising, air passing through your lungs Ozone in our upper atmosphere is a beneficial, protective the volume of Increases. Here are some steps layer around the earth. At lower levels however, ozone is a you can take to protect yourself harmful air pollutant which threatens our area's economic when exercising outdoors: Cie prosperity and our personal lifestyles. Over the past decade, hazardous levels of low-level ozone * Avoid exercising on have been created in Dallas,Tarrant,Denton and Collin Counties major streets or Aby our vehicles, machines and substances used in every day life. highways; instead, More than half of the ozone in our area is caused by gas and choose a route with diesel powered engines in cars, trucks, planes, boats, lawn trees and little traffic. mowers and construction equipment. About one-third is caused . Exercise indoors on by sources such as gas stations, dry cleaners,print shops, paints ozone alert days. Cill) and solvents. The balance comes from large operations such as Run or walk along a factories. trail that borders a Ozone levels are highest in the summer when there is plenty of sun, no rain and little wind. When ozone combines with other lake or river. air pollutants to form smog,we can see it. But most of the time,it Don't forget to drink is not visible. Exposure to ozone can result in shortness of breath plenty of water when please see Ozone,page 2 exercising. Eco-efforts in the `90s Page 2 inside... Kids' Korner Page Top Apartment Recyclers Page 4 Page 2 Doing the right thing... OIo/IeCOMMOed and can worsen existing respiratory conditions such as eco-efforts in the '90s asthma and bronchitis. The Clean Air Act requires Dallas, Tarrant, Denton and Collin Counties to have ozone levels in check by 1996. If What can you do two minutes a day that will requirements set forth in the act are not met, the federal save resources, prevent pollution and help government has threatened to withhold highway funding with our garbage problem? Recycle! We've and subject our area to stringent regulations. Large businesses could be forced to implement programs that been telling you that all along, but here is would affect how their employees commute to work. This some information that vividly describes the could hinder the relocation of new companies to the impact of household recycling. Metrolex and stifle the growth of existing ones. Did You Know? Americans discard The City of Euless joined the North Texas Clean Air Coalition in March. The Coalition consists of most millions of tons of recyclables every year. Metroplex cities and is spearheaded by the North Central • We throw away enough aluminum every three Texas Council of Governments. The National Weather months to rebuild our commerical air fleet. Bureau notifies the state agencies of a forthcoming ozone alert day based on predicted weather conditions. The state • We throw away enough office paper each year to notifies all member cities of the Coalition via fax build a 12-foot-high wall of paper from New York immediately. City to Los Angeles. Upon notification, the City of Euless posts notices for employees and citizens throughout municipal buildings and • We throw away enough glass bottles and jars every on the local cable channels. Additionally, the Department two weeks to fill the World Trade Center(the largest of Parks and Leisure Services reschedules any mowing or building in the U. S.). landscaping. Tougher emissions standards have been instituted for So... start recycling, today! vehicle inspections, and service stations are now required • Recycling saves resources: If everyone in to capture gas vapors at the pump. Instead of building America recycled just 1/10 of their newsprint or one more highways, resources are being directed to Sunday paper a week, we would save the esti- alternatives. Rail systems and High Occupancy Vehicle mated equivalent of about 250 million trees a year. lanes are being built to link population and employment centers in Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington and the Mid-Cities. • Recycling saves energy. Recycling just one The responsibility of the future of the air lies in aluminum can of a six-pack of soda saves enough everyone's hands. Small adjustments in lifestyles must be energy to run a television for three hours. made to avoid the potential hazards. If we keep ozone levels in check, we can not only • Recycling prevents pollution: Making glass from ensure our environmental future, but our economic recycled materials cuts air pollution 20 percent, and prosperity by avoiding government sanctions. But, most water pollution 50 percent. importantly, reducing the ozone will help clean up the air that we breathe every day. �ITln�rl+� 16111141% yea can do... Here are some steps you can take when you hear of an OZONE ALERT: Limit your driving, expecially during the morning. UECTCLE! Euless is currently the only city in which If you must drive, take your most fuel efficient apartment residents have easy access to recycling. Ask vehicle. your apartment manager about the details of participating. If you need more information, call the Avoid drive-thrus and excessive idling of your Recycling Info Line at 685-1825. engine. Refuel later in the day. Don't top off your tank. CINSECUE! Avoid buying products which are not in Leave your car parked at lunch time. recyclable containers. Also, instead of buying plastic Wait until late afternoon or early evening to mow wraps or containers, reuse clean food containers, such your lawn. as butter tubs and large glass bottles. = Avoid using solvent-based paints or thinners. Bottom line,get Involved a make a difference! Information for this article was provided by the North Central Texas Council of Governments. Page 3 Kids' .. . . ,. ,.. . I _ :,. ..... .th„„,„,..s..._,ee.,„„„,...,..f.ii......... .„„. uwundamr.„„,r.riumni.iium.„,,„.m.nm...,„„„„,„oamw,„ Oent Fled WeIi it's summertime again, and along with summer fun C too comes summer heat. And what cools you down better than a cold soda or canned juice? During a hot ,- summer we drink almost twice as many drinks in aluminum O '� • cans as we do year round. So it is very important that you 4t/� COS collect all the cans you and your family empty for recycling. �IF�'ip: 'i' But what about those lastic rin s which hold six ' zj' '`"'''"'` :� ''C q`: glkl packs of sodas together? Should you just throw those away s ` 'l =S`�Iv ir`;i or can you recycle them'? You can recycle those which have ,I ,einti rtIllpONAINIIIIII ,;� a symbol like this ** and are numbered with a 1, 2, 4, 5, 7. 110i`§¢ Those rings which do not have a label should be cut apart. Each circle should be cut once. Why is it important that we are so careful with these rings? Because they harm the environment when they areOa not made of plastics which break down or biodegrade, when exposed to ultraviolet sun rays. They also take up room in000 our already crowded landfills. Also, when the rings end up in rivers, lakes, streams or oceans they can harm animals living in these places. Birds, fish and other animals can get their heads or bodies caught in the rings and starve to death. SAFETY TIP: By recycling or carefully disposing of these rings we Use scissors with can make sure that our environment does not get any worse the supervision of and that animals will not be hurt because we are not your parent or responsible neighbors. guardian. Do sometn/ngto make Me world a Netter Owe! N, Create an A is for aluminum. Every year Americans • throw away about 35 billion aluminum environmental cans. alphabet B is for biodegradable. Biodegradable Print a large letter A. objects break down readily and can be recycled by nature. Beside this letter, write C is for conservation, the act of a word that starts with protecting and saving our natural the letter A and is related to the resources. environment. Add a fact or idea D is for disposable diapers. Each year about 18 billion disposable diapers are about this word. Do this using thrown away. all 26 letters of the E is for endangered animals. Currently, alphabet. about 235 native plants and animals are listed as endangered. Page 4 The Winners' Circle: Euless Apartment Complexes at the top of Recycling APRIL MAY TUNE Newspaper Newspaper Newspaper Oakwood Forest Apartments Parc Plaza Fountain Wood Apartments 3040 lbs./528 units 3080 lbs./169 units 2340 lbs./288 units Courage Pointe Apartments The Enclave The Landing 2820 lbs./350 units 3190 lbs./308 units 2480 lbs./304 units Mixed Materials Mixed Materials Mixed Materials Fountain Wood Apartments The Landing Courage Pointe Apartments 860 lbs./288 units 720 lbs./304 units 540 lbs./350 units Courage Pointe Apartments Parc Plaza Wildwood Apartments 680 lbs./350 units 640 lbs./169 units 460 lbs./121 units Congratulations and thank you to all apartment managers & residents for the exceptional participation rates! What can I recycle in the Euless Euless 4 PI t6 Apartment Recycling Programs R e c y c I i n g Flattened Plastic Containers: On the bottom of Information plastics, you will find a triangle with a number inside Hotline ■ it. Numbers 1,2,3,4,5 and 7 are acceptable resins. Only plastic bags and number 6 resin, which is 685-1 825 styrofoam, are not acceptable. Please flatten plastic containers to save space. If the message doesn't answer your Unbroken Glass Bottles & Jars: Unbroken question, leave your name and number green, brown or clear bottles and jars. after the tone... you will receive a call back Crimped Tin Food & Drink Cans: Soup cans, immediately tuna fish cans, pet food cans and others. Please put the top inside the can and squeeze the open-end of Tom Hart the can closed. City Manager Michelle Wyman K. Dickerson Flattened Aluminum Cans: All soda cans. . Editor Assistant Editor Aluminum foil & pie plates are not acceptable. News afire Future us published by the Dry Newspapers: Everything that comes in the Office of Public Information, newspaper exce t the bagit comes in or the 201 N.Ector Drive,Euless Texas 76039. P This newsletter is printed on recycled paper. rubberband. You may include all glossy and slick inserts. (G W D) Community Contact your apartment manager or call \ .Waste Disposal,So.IPSO Inc. 214-392-9300 • 817-795-9300 685-1825 to find out how you can participate. Recycling with The City of Euless ® Printed on Recycled Paper