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RECYCLING TIPS
from the California Conservation website
At Home
 -Separate and recycle glass, plastic, magazines, newspapers, and aluminum beverage containers.
-In the kitchen, use cloth dish towels instead of paper towels.
-Buy products made from recycled material.
-Buy products in bulk, using little or no packaging, or packaged in recycled material.
-Bring a cloth or canvas shopping bag to the grocery store instead of using paper or plastic bags.
-Give gifts using recycled wrapping paper and cards.
-Start a compost bin for leftover food, grass, and tree clippings.
At School
 -Separate and recycle glass, plastic, and aluminum beverage containers.
-Bring your lunch in a reusable lunch bag.
-Use both sides of paper before you recycle it.
-Pick up litter.
-Hold fundraisers collecting beverage containers and paper.
-Hold a recycling fair.
-Write to the government (mayor, city council, state and national government) to start a curbside recycling program in your area if it's not currently available.
At the Office
 -Separate and recycle glass, plastic, photocopy paper, newspapers, and aluminum beverage containers.
-Bring your lunch in a reusable lunch bag.
-Use both sides of paper before you recycle it.
-Buy products made from recycled material.
-Hold fundraisers collecting beverage containers and paper.
-Hold a recycling fair.
-Start a recycling program in your building if it's not currently available.
-Adopt a highway or beach and do your part to recycle and reduce litter.
-Check out the EPA's Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines (CPG) - a key component of the government's "buy-recycled" products program.
Government Resources
 Waste Prevention World - Find out how you can reduce junk mail at the California Integrated Waste Management Board website.
The California Department of Conservation - Find a recycling drop-off location nearest you.
Product Stewardship - Learn more about recycling electronics from the Office of Solid Waste.
Recycle Used Motor Oil - Learn about proper collection procedures and locations nearest you.
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| SENATOR NELSON'S 1970 ENVIRONMENTAL AGENDA |
From his Senate speech, January 19th
1. A constitutional amendment stating: "Every person has the inalienable right to a decent environment. The United States and every State shall guarantee this right." 2. Rid America of massive pollution from the internal combustion engine, hard pesticides, detergent pollution, aircraft pollution, and nonreturnable containers. 3. Enhance quality of life through family planning. 4. Create an environmental advocacy agency that will involve citizens in environmental policy activities. 5. Reduce ocean pollution by regulating oil drilling. 6. Establish an environmental education program for all levels of education. 7. Develop mass transit to reduce the use of private automobiles. 8. Adopt a national land use policy to reduce the chaotic, unplanned combination of urban sprawl, industrial expansion, and air, water, land, and visual pollution. 9. Establish a national minerals and resources policy that encourages wise use and conservation. 10. Establish national air and water quality policies.
11. Create a nonpartisan national environmental political action organization that encourages public involvement at all levels of government |
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