European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 1, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Karlsruhe kids Branch out to collect paperboy Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau somewhere 85 Trees did no to fall to the a last year thanks to Karlsruhe elementary school students and teachers in Germany. That a what school guidance Counselor Terry Brandt figures the effect of collecting and recycling 9,900 pounds of scrap paper during the 1990-91 school year was. An average tree yields 120 pounds of paper he said. The school has been collecting paper for five years Brandt said. A some teachers applauded the Effort and said its about time. In a sure there Are some teachers who  care less a he said. The students interest also has varied although four youngsters who went from classroom to classroom gathering scrap paper recently kept their enthusiasm in High gear. A a we re responsible people a said Mindy Davidson 11, a fifth grader who became involved in the project recently. A if wed save More Trees maybe wed have More paper a said Justin Crane also 11. A if we started doing it maybe everyone else will come to their senses and Start doing  Karlsruhe High school has similar drive. A year old Down to Earth club engages about a dozen students in paper and can collection and the club sponsors an Earth notes entry in the daily school bulletin according to guidance Counselor Harvey d. Shane. The club has petitioned the Exchange system to Stop using plastic dishes and utensils in its cafeterias. A a we re really the forerunner to the military get s4s Joseph Owen Ruth Ann Hultman Mindy Davidson and Christy Norwood in paper drive gear at their Karlsruhe school. Ting involved a Brandt said of the school programs referring to their effect on recycling in the whole military Community. Jarred by the local German governments Sharp increases in Landfill fees the Community a directorate of engineering and housing took action in March 1991 to reduce costs. A Quick tour of Paul Revere Village in Karlsruhe makes the change apparent. Recycling bins for Glass paper and cans Are distributed liberally throughout the housing area. In the first six months the Community sorted out and recycled 12 percent of its total 1,732 tons of refuse. Later participation improved. A we intended to reduce our Landfill use by 15 percent in the first year and we did a said Andy Stewart chief of the utilities division in the Community a directorate of engineering and housing. That attention to environmental concerns is one reason Karlsruhe won an army Community of excellence award recently. Brig. Gen. Thomas m. Montgomery the Secretary of the army a staff management director mentioned the recycling program wednesday when he presented the award to the 291st base support in according to Community spokesman Harry  Force in . Cashes in with recycling moves by Amy Geiszler Jones . Bureau while almost All of the air Force bases in England have some Type of recycling program that Wasny to the Case a couple of years ago primarily because of the Lack of companies in the United kingdom handling recyclable products. With expanding programs in place at such bases As Raf Alconbury and Raf Ben Waters base officials there Are finding that recycling offers another aspect of being Green a thousands of dollars coming into their base coffers. It Wasny to until november 1990 that the British government passed an environment Protection act that a puts recycling into the Law a said a spokeswoman for the department of environment. And while the environmental department has had bins in its offices to collect recyclable paper since Only May the government is also trying to encourage Industry to use recyclable material and to set up a Market for recycling. Evidence that apparently that government advice is being heeded is the fact that . Air Force bases in England Are Able to Start up recycling programs. Dave Kaune logistics chief for Alconbury a morale welfare and recreation services helped Start up the bases program in March 1990. He admits that part of the reason the program was started was because of its Money making potential. A i would like to say philosophically it was started based on the premise that we should Recycle to save resources and everything else but to be honest it was looked at and it was Felt we could make some Money at it so we thought we would try it a said Kaune. The program grossed $190,000 during fiscal year 1991, a Large chunk of which came from recycling unused f-4 fuel tanks declared As military excess for aluminium said Kaune. He projects that during this fiscal year the program will Gross Only about $70,000 to 80,000, because the defense logistics come has issued guidance saying the base could no longer Recycle the fuel tanks. Since starting its recycling program in september 1990, Ben Waters has grossed $311,000 in its collection of office paper bottles cans clothing and military waste such As the aluminium Cartridge shells spit out by guns on the a-10 Thunderbolt ii anti tank aircraft according to Calvin Taylor. Taylor is the bases resource recovery and recycling program manager. While recycling has its Perks for the base the programs also offer Perks to recyclers. The majority of the profits of these base programs Are channelled Back into base mar funds. Anyone working out on the Nautilus weight equipment at Bent Waters sports Center is rear ing the Benefit of recycling since primarily recycling dollars were used to buy the equipment. At Ben Waters and Raf Lakenheath for instance $1 coupons redeemable at mar facilities Are offered for a specific number of aluminium cans brought in by an individual. Filling in the environmental gaps by recycling or. Helmer Vogel believes there Are a lot of empty cans rolling around under the seats of the cars americans drive in Germany. He wishes those cans were bottles because they might not end up where cans usually do a in the garbage. A i would bet that every second american car on the Road has a soft drink can in it Quot the University of Wurzburg geology professor said. A a it a easy to have a can in the  its also easier to throw the empty can in the garbage than it is to make a special trip to Deposit it in a recycling bin he said. Germans Felt the same Way when it came to throwing bottles in recycling bins about 10 years ago Vogel said. A it was hard to convince people to put bottles in the Recycle bin instead of the garbage without getting paid to do  the bavarian Law dictates that everyone is to Recycle if creating trash can to be avoided said or. Matthias Thoma the head of Wurzburg a environmental department. The Law also applies to the . Military in Bavaria and Thoma believes a similar National Law will be passed soon. Thoma  say what kind of penalties individuals and industries could expect for breaking Lac recycling Laws. The City a position is that its better to educate people and make them want to Recycle than it is to Force them into the habit. The same stance has been taken by the military Community in Wurzburg. A a we re working closely with local officials to ensure that our separate or Recycle trash sort program complies with Host nation requirements a said it. Col. Buddy Rawls Wurzburg base support in commander. Like Thoma Rawls  say what would happen to those who did no to Recycle Only that a publicity Campaign is being conducted to educate americans about recycling requirements and Why they Are important. A your goal is to have every american recycling at Home and at  Jurgen Fischer of Karl Fischer and son a Wurzburg recycling Center said the new bavarian Law will soon require companies that deliver products to stores to take Back packaging materials such As cardboard Ami plastic. By 1993, he said Consumers will be Able to return items to stores that cannot be placed in recycling bins such As Wax covered milk Cartons. Although the . Military in Germany has practice Industrial level recycling for years a until now nobody cared about household trash a said Harold Tahl chief of the sanitation Branch of Wurzburg a directorate of engineering and housing. Two Tahl reasons to care 1. Recycling is mandatory under bavarian Law 2. Recycling can save the Community Money. Trash disposal for the typical German household in Wurzburg costs an average of 220 Marks per year Vogel said. The Price is expected to jump to 400 Marks a year the next two or three years. The army in Wurzburg is affected by the same Price increases. Last March alone it Cost the army in Wurzburg More than 40,000 Marks roughly $24,000, to dispose of almost 400 tons of refuse. The prices Are going up. A it costs More and More As the years go on to create trash in the first place and get rid of it in one Way or another a said Patty Dreier who Heads the army a Energy and recycling programs in Wurzburg. Dreier said Earth Friendly reusable shopping bags sold by the army and air Force Exchange service a a can to be printed fast enough to meet the  As for that can problem Vogel said a the american concept says primarily Recycle whatever possible and the idea of avoiding the creation of trash is a Small part. As an example in America nobody thinks about the problem of the beverage can. Americans see aluminium beverage cans As totally recyclable. A we say it still requires a lot of Energy to Recycle cans so it is better to use bottles which you can reuse 40  John Milla March 1, 1992 sunday a Page 5