European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 25, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday september 25, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 7 reclamation environmental study claims government fails to encourage resources conservation Washington up wasteful americans could reclaim two thirds of their refuse including costly metals but their growing desire to save Money and re sources is hampered by a Lack of govern ment commitment to recovery programs an environmental study reported Satur Hayes author of the study re leased by the world watch Institute said a National recycling program should be near the top of president Carter s inflation fighting absence of a recycling ethic is increasingly costly Hayes said. Already More than one fifth of the total . Energy budget is spent on materials production and that fraction is rising As increasing amounts of More expensive Energy Are used to mine and process poorer and poorer grades of the world watch Institute is an Independent non profit research group established to study and focus attention on global prob , National coordinator of the Origi Nal Earth Day and founder of this year s Sun Day estimated that at least two thirds of the material resources that we now waste could be reused without important changes in our lifestyles. With products designed for durability and for ease of recycling the waste streams of the Industrial world could be reduced to Small trickles. And with an intelligent materials policy the portion of our resources that is irretrievably dissipated could eventually be reduced to almost Zero he said. Hayes said polls indicate that Ameri cans Are willing to Recycle but consumer commitment will not be recycling must become a Central organizing principle of the entire Economy if we Are to learn to live with restricted sup plies of minerals Energy and other re sources. The Public May be ahead of its leaders in recognizing that we Are entering a new Era in which Thrift will be a prime asset and that this development holds More promises than threats. Materialism has failed to provide something for which peo ple hunger and increasingly they Are turn ing elsewhere. Voluntary simplicity a Cen trial message of every major religious figure is finally acquiring a modern Fol \ United service organizations who needs the Uso we All do and All Are Welcome to us s Many recreation and serv ice programs shows and club facilities in Europe. In the states and far East too you can help support Uso through our combined Federal Campaign. Remember Uso is not a government Agency and depends on Volun tary contributions to continue its service to the military. This is a stars and stripes Public service advertisement reach the world a better place through your in the study Hayes said about 70 percent of All Metal is used once then primary metals Industry uses about 8 percent of the total Energy consumed in the United states. Almost one ton of solid waste per per son is collected each year from residential commercial and institutional sources. At the present rate about 500 new dumping grounds have to be found each year. In the unites states packaging accounts for Between 30 and 40 percent of municipal solid waste. She got her canned tour Clare Ritter shown Here collecting cans last year spent three years pedal ing a bicycle and gathering aluminium cans to sell for 13 cents a Pound to a re cycling Plant in St. Petersburg Fla. The 71-year-old widow is using her earnings for a Long trip abroad. First she flew to Istanbul where she boarded a liner for a 32-Day cruise to Egypt Greece and North Africa. A photo Detroit s first bullfight draws purists snorts Campaign ends nov. 5 Detroit a Over the objections of the Michigan humane society a sports promoter who once brought a boxing Kangaroo to Michigan staged a different kind of animal act saturday night what was billed As the Midwest s first bullfight. The bloodless bullfight in which the Matador goes through the motions of spar ring with the Bull but the animal is unhurt Drew a sparse mostly ethnic crowd. The bulls however quickly got into the spirit of first animal snorted pawed the ground and charged at the four matadors who took turns dodging its Sharp uncapped horns. As the animal neared one the other three moved in to lure it away with swirling capes As the audience shouted one Point the Bull knocked one of the matadors to the ground. His comrades scrambled to keep the animal away from the fallen Man who got up unharmed. In the commotion no one managed to put a Rose on the Bull s head intended As a symbolic substitute for stabbing the Bull to death but one Matador did slap it on the toreros matadors Aren t risk ing anything scoffed Antonio Del Toro a native of Mexico and one of 2,000 people to pay $10 piece to witness the event in de troit s 9,800-seat Cobo Arena. These bulls Are scrawny look at them. In Mexico the bulls Are about twice this size and they d be thrashing around in their Many others in attendance were mexi can americans who said they came to enjoy a taste of their native culture. Some scoffed at the bloodless nature of the fight but none seemed to object that the animals would be Vaccaro who estimated that he would lose $12,000 for promoting the event had assured state officials on Friday that the bulls would not be harmed
