_ Everyone of us di an-
average of about 4 pourids
garbage a-day! That's 1,
pounds per person per year -
or3. tons fora family of four.

“The data shows that about
2% of that 4 ‘pounds per day
_ is, thrown ut at home, the
“ rest at work; school or other
places. That's energy we re
throwing out! a

Statistics also show that”
each-one of us is throwing - -
out more.and more garbage.

Add. ‘to;this the steady: in- on a-new meaning—reject, -
crease in population ; and you .

can'-see. why some people —
predict that .we  may-
eventually ‘drown in our own
garbage: :

It's - now ‘estimated. that ‘

total: ‘garbage production in
Ontario is growing at a rate
-of- up to 7 per cent a year.
The ~ Environmental

_ Saving energy.

Protection : Agency. in. itie
‘United States is a little more,
~ conservative; they predict : a
3 per cent.to 3.5 per. cent=

annual growth rate in: Post:

_ consumer waste.

-~Ar annual 3 per cént
increase . means twice as
much: garbage in just 23.
years!

What's the solution?

In these days of energy |

worries, the 3 R’s have taken -

reuse, recycle! If we can all
start practicing them in daily.
life we'll: go a long way
towards reducing waste and.

REJECT IT!
Buy only what you. need '

‘and only in the package tliat.

produces the least amount of |
waste. -

CAP fashion
course preview

This Tuesday, March 27,a
student orientation meeting
will be held for students
desiring fall entry into the
Retail Fashion program at
Capilano College.

At 8 p.m. in the fashion
studio, room A 215 in the
Tower off the South campus
parking lot, the Retail
Fashion faculty will present
an evening of information on
the program.

Slides will be shown of the
course in action, faculty
members will describe their
own courses, and students
will be interviewed.

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hat is going to complete their
ourfit.

**We have definitely seen
more people in the store.
Women who did wear hats
and stopped for quite a few
years are now saying they
think they'll buy 9 one.
They're mostly 35 and over.
Out hats are from $20 to 555.

)

‘We also get young girls
who have never worn hats
before. They stop in, try on

hats, they're having some
fun but there haven’: been
too many sales. If we're
going to see an increase,
we're going to see it this
spring. We have to teach
them that you can buy a
simple little straw and dress
i up with a scarf or a flower.
They don’t know that. On the
ather hand, we wouldn't
have seen those — young

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Dress it up

The coordinator, Hilary.
Clark, will outline the job
possibilities available to
graduates of the programme,
and. describe some of. the
work existing graduates are
engaged in at present.

Students considering
taking this program in a year
or ‘so, after praduation, are
welcome, and will learn the
criteria by which the
potential students are
selected. There are always
seats available for part-time

students who might wish to

take the program slowly, or
at night because of other
committments. They also
are welcome.

people at all a couple of
years ago. '

“If this suddenly catches
on and business starts to
boom, that will be fine with
me. I'd have to work a lot
harder, but my children are
older now.”’

_ -REUSEIT!,

Noon & 4 p.m.

2pm.& 7 pm.

“Pass “up those impulse
items, products. awith -more ~

_ "package appeal than product

appeal,..

‘and unnecessary -
“frills.

‘Keep’ old .-but still

_,usuable items longer... ‘Think
- before. you ‘buy.

~

Refusing to buy is the most a ;
‘Much less energy is needed

_ efficient way to reduce waste
_ and energy consumption.

“Before you throw anything
“out. take another look at it.
Could.. you repair that
toaster? Could. you recover

- that. ‘chair? Do you- Buy

beverages only in returnable

containers?

* Can you find a creative

use for those jars and tin

_ cans? Perhaps to store loose

items or as pop art?

It generally takes less

Teens & 20's.

Conscious Woman.

“Especially For You" during Park Royal's
Spring Break Fashion Shows.
Thursday & Frnday March 29 & 30
South Court Pool — South Mall
specially for the Young -

especially for the Fashion

reuse a "product '
make a new. one.

to wash and sterilize pop
bottles than to make new
ones. ae

*Less energy is needed to
recondition a refrigerator
than to manufacture a new
one. -

Look for ways to keep
products in use. You'll save

energy, money and the
environment.

RECYCLE IT!
Maybe you can’t use all of

those jars, tin cans and

Tots,

“editor: Marilyn ee

ve

- newspapers—but ‘somebody ° -

else can! They can be
recycled by industry. .
This means they're melted

or broken down by industry
to make new products and
packages. Separate. them

. from your ‘regular garbage
. and make sure they are
_ Fecycled.

Recycling | also has the
advantage of reducing the
number of unpleasant,

expensive landfill disposal
sites.

Waste can be recycled
from your home in two ways:

(1) It. is separated from

your regular garbage at

MODELLING her first-year
project in the fashion
studio, Mary Wong, retail
fashion student at Capilano
College. [Hilary Clark
photo] "

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PARK

home ‘and either taken
to a convenient
recycling depot
(preferably. en route to...
somewhere else) or
Picked up at yourhome.
(2) All your waste is taken:
to a ‘central mechanical
reclamation plant where
the various materials
and/or energy are
recovered.

By rejecting, reusing and
recycling, we can save
energy, save natural
resources, save money and

protect ourenvironment, ,

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