12 - Friday, July 13, 1990 - North Shore News WV Secondary A PLETHORA of en- vironment information awaited me when I returned from holiday this week. So this week’s column will give you an update on some of the latest happenings in the green world.... You can help cut down on a great deal of waste and help two Students get to university by buy- ing a natural cedar compost box from Envirocomp. Todd Barber and Jamie Rich, 1990 graduates of West Vancouver Secondary School, have gone into business building, selling, deliver- ing and installing the 21 cubic foot boxes. The compost box features a hinged lid, removable panel for access to the composted earth at the bottom of the pile, and staked corner posts to plant the box in your yard. Cost of the box is $95, delivered and installed. A double box goes grads sell co EicoInfo Peggy Trendell-Whittaker for $150. For information, call 925-3150 or, on Bowen Island, 947-0342 or 947-9795. se Attention all garage sale fiends: To encourage recycling, UBC is holding the World’s Longest Garage Sale on Saturday, July 28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Items donated by students, alumni and campus departments will be sold on Macinnes Field, Yes, | enthusiastically support the Canadian Wilderness Charter to save Canada’s endangered spaces. SIGN BELOW Signature Address City Signature Address City Signature Address Province Province Name Postal Code Postal Code Province Postai Code Mail to: World Wildlife Fund Canada 60 St. Clair Avenue East, Suite 201 Toronto, Ontario M4T 1N5 For more information call 1-800-387-8660 City next to the Student Union Build- ing, near the junction of Universi- ty Boulevard (reached from 10th Avenue) and Wesbrook Mall. The event and parking are free. People are encouraged to bring aluminum cans for recycling. Call 228-5552 for more information. ee Less-polluting fuels have receiv- ed the stamp of approval from the British Columbia Automobile Association (BCAA). “The new reduced-emission gasoline just introduced by Esso and the ethanol-enriched gasoline produced by Mohawk are good examples of initiatives in motoring that have a positive effect on air quality as it relates to the automobile,””, BCAA _ vice-presi- dent of marketing and public af- fairs Don Brown said in a recent statement. For further information on en- vironmental motoring issues — remember, leaving the car at home altogether is your best bet! — contact public affairs manager Leigh Carter at 732-3911. eae People who use Paul Mitchell hair products, produced by JPL International and sold through hair salons, are now able to return their empty plastic containers for a refund. Customers who return the bot- - tles to the salon will receive 25 cents to put toward their next purchase. 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