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Show Paper Recycling Logo Contest At Hill AFB HILL AFB A recent pap-er pap-er recycling logo contest here " brought in 50 entries, and "showed a lot of support and . enthusiasm for the program," said Murray Sant, chairman of the Paper Recycling Committee. Com-mittee. IT TOOK the judges more thananhourtoselectawinner. "Every one f the entries was a good one," Sant said. "It was really a tough decision." First place winner, Boyd Peterson of 2849th Air Base Group graphics office, will receive re-ceive a $100 savings bond. "THE OTHER ft-ur of the top live finalists were so good that the committee has voted to award them each a $50 bond," Sant said. Recycling efforts on base in fiscal year 1980 have brought a $22,595 profit to the base. That money is used forenvironmen-tal forenvironmen-tal projects that already have resulted in landscaping the youth center grounds and building a European-style par cours jogging trail. "PROFITS FROM paper recycling re-cycling have grown 300 per- cent in the past three years," Sant said, "from $7,000 in 1978 to more than $22,000 in 1980." . Now, three people are hired from recycling profits and dedicated de-dicated to papercollection on a daily basis and a scheduled route. SANT SAID the emphasis on energy conservation has made more people aware of the benefits be-nefits of recycling, and has brought about more involvement. involve-ment. But it's still individual employee participation that makes thhe program work, he said. |
