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Cleanest city in 1966Recycling could beautify city againBy LYNN WALCOTT DD-T Mainslrenm FldltorThe City of Greenville was named one nf 12 cleanest cities in the nation in 19G6 by the National Cleanest Town Achievement Award Contest.That was because such interested citizens as the late Mrs. Edna Acree, Mrs. W. G. Chipman and Sam Valencia^ headed up the now defunct City Beautification Committee which annually conducted year-long programs to keep the city clean.These people generated the enthusiasm necessary to enlist the whole community’s cooperation in such a program and the result was a clean town that, everyone could he proud lo call home.How many people can be that -proud today?Driving into Greenville along liltcr-strewn highways, viewing half-fallen billboards and junk yards, one rarely thinks about how proud they are to live here.But, among the rubhle, there may be hope yet. Local beverage distributor Jimmy Love has launched a program to help rid our streets of at least one eyesore—aluminum drink cans.Each Wednesday between 1 and 4:30 p.m. Love will buy these aluminum cans for 10 lo 15 cents per pound, depending on the market price that week.We’re hoping this will offer an incentive to local organizations to gel out and pick up these cans,” said Love.Once they’re.picked up and sold to Lovc, the cans will go lo Friedman Iron and Metal Company su they can he recycled by R.J. Reynolds Aluminum Co. This will not only help get cans off the streets and roads, it will also help solve the problem of disposal of such solidwastes.“Tlie problem of solid waste disposal is quite real and enormous. On the* average, every man, woman and child in the Uniled States accounts for five and one-half pounds of solid waste each day. At this rate, in one year, an area that could cover Connecticut with a layer of six inches thick would accumulate,” Love said.Beer cans and bottles account for only 1 .4* per csnl of solid waste, or only 14 pounds per half-ton, lie pointed out.“I/jts of people try to blame us for all the litter, but we’re actually responsible for only a small pari,” Love said.The Miller .company along with other beer and soft drink companies, has sponsored these recycling programs all over the nation in order to help correct this problem without legislation which could hurt the economy, Lave added.“If they ban cans, it will hurt the economy more than it will help. These cans are only a small part of the litter on our liighways. The rest is chicken boxes, plastic lunch containers and things like that,” said Love.He admits that he’ll probably lose money by taking part in this project, but I’m just doing this as a service to the community,” Love said.'Tin using my time, my labor and my money to operate this prugram as a public service to try to help do something about Ulis problem, said Love.Groups who have collected cans are asked to bring them to the Harry Love Beverage Company, 528 Persimmon St. between the appointed hours each Wednesday.“We’ll have to separate theW- ‘V*v,sr-^..Z-J • • • r .v •;»'3s tJimmy Love stands next to sign on Persimmon Street where cans can be sold each WednesdayStatf photo by t-yr« Wolcott •cans with our aluminum magnet since we can’t take steel cans. Then we’ll sack them in plastic bags and weigh them. We’ll pay whatever price is being paid per pound that week.”He’s hoping that such local organizations as the Boys’ Club, 3oy Scouts and even junior garden clubs will takeadvantage of this opportunity to not only clean up the community, but earn a little money, too, Love said.“Maybe this ’will offer theincentive needed. You can ask people to do something, but unless you offer some incentive to clean up the liricr they just won’t do it.”Bella BcmornibSimc:*mainstreamSunday, Feb. 13,1977Page 19
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Delta Democrat Times
Greenville, Mississippi, US
Sun, Feb 13, 1977
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