Show Smokey S mo key says By CHARLES R. R ALLRED District Ranger DID YOU KNOW KNOW KNOW- The Forest Products Labra- Labra tory of Madison Wisconsin Is Isnow isnow isnow now turning trash Into paper The Departments of Agriculture Agriculture Agriculture ture Interior and Health Ed Education Education Education Ed- Ed and Welfare are joining joining joining join join- ing efforts to recycle refuge The National Forest Products Laboratory in Madison is ex experimenting experimenting ex- ex with recycling wood fiber products Some work with reusing metal also has been done by the Interior De Department Department Department De- De at Madison Health Education and Welfare Welfare Welfare Wel Wel- fare Is interested in other aspects as aspects aspects as- as such as the present sanitary sanitary sanitary sani sani- tary landfill operation and possibly possibly pos pos- sibly reclaiming other wastes such as garbage for fats rats and oils The Department of Agriculture Agriculture Agriculture ture works with the forest products laboratory on wood fi fi- fi ber They combined 30 of the reclaimed fiber with 70 new fiber to make a high quality paper Another 30 of the material they were were working with they feel can be reused in other products of lower grade The material which they cannot cannot cannot can can- not use the metal and glass is being bundled up and sent to the Federal Bureau of Min Mines Mine's s sand and the Bureau of Solid Wastes 17 Management to see what what they can make out of it It is estimated that ordinary municipal wastes collected annually an annually annually an- an contain 10 million tons of iron one million tons of non-ferrous non metals such as aluminum copper nickel tin lead silver gold and zink and five million tons of glass The Department of or Agriculture Agriculture Agriculture ture estimates that half of the refuse collected in cities consists consists consists con con- of pa paper per and wood products and that the equivalent of 35 million tons of wood fiber a year is now being reclaimed The use re-use of only half halt of this waste paper would reduce the de demand mand on the nations nation's wood resources each year by 30 million million mil mil- lion cords Large scale recycling recycling recycling ing of wood nb fibers rs can help re reduce reduce reduce re- re duce the nations nation's air and water as well as the mounting mounting mounting mount mount- ing piles of urban solid wastes It can also generate new industries In Industries Industries In- In and job opportunities Other Forest Service en environmental environmental environmental en- en research projects include study in the use of trees and shrubs to cushion the wracking nerve-wracking noises of traffic traffic rat rat- fic tic airports and industry the effects of air pollution on tree survival the preservation of rare and endangered species of birds and animals and the management of forests to provide provide provide pro pro- vide man with solitude and beauty Y |