European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 14, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Deborah Kavanagh the Community trash papa ration project manager introduces the trash patrol. Beware the trash patrol bad Kreuz Nach kids take hands on approach to recycling fourth grader Jennifer Karr 9, decides which Container should get the discarded Pencil. By Jimi Jones education writer if you toss your trash into the wrong Container around bad Kreuz Nach Germany Don t be surprised if you hear Quot Good morning. We re the trash  you re Likely then to meet Gloria Glass non Bio Betty Cory cardboard Bio Brad or. Metal and the Gelbe sack who la politely request Quot please done to mix us  that was the scene recently when the bad Kreuz Nach elementary school Quot trash patrol Quot Laid Down the Law in every classroom. Quot most of the Little kids done to know How to Recycle they just throw it anywhere Quot said non Bio Betty better known As Rochen Collaco Quot so what we Are trying to do is show them How to Recycle Quot said the 10-year-old, other trash Pat rollers Are Yashira Rodriguez Glass David Alexander Metal Cory Cooper cardboard Bradley Anderson Bio Brad and Suzzane Hutchinson Gelbe sack. The six sixth graders along with two members from the Community housing and engineering office went from class to class presenting an environmental trash separation skit that allowed Young viewers to participate. The trash patrol dressed in costumes that included a jumbo milk Carton was the brainstorm what principal Peter Grenier and staff came up with to Quot add a Little spice Quot to a lecture on recycling. The purpose was to a educate kids about the importance of trash separation because of the environmental concerns not Only at by but All across Germany Quot Grenier said. After the patrol participants explained ther basics of trash separation Deborah Kavanagh the Community trash separation project manager tackled an explanation of the Quot Gelbe sack Quot a the big yellow recycling trash bag issued to Homes by the German government. She first told the children Why they should care about the environment and Why they should Recycle reminding them of streams Flowers Parks Trees lakes and Blue skies they enjoy today Quot Trees make paper Quot she told the youngsters. Quot every time you Cut Down a tree it takes years and years for a tree the same size to grow Back. So the More you can Recycle a reuse what we be already used a the better Able you la be to enjoy Quot those things of nature she said. She said that most trash could be separated into the six categories a Glass Metal cardboard Bio degradable non Bio degradable and the gel Besack which is used for most forms of plastic. Kavanagh explained to the children that non biodegradable objects must go to landfills which Are in extreme Short Supply in Germany. She also said that by the mid-1990s, the United states will face the same problem. For that reason keeping the amount of garbage deposed of at landfills Quot very very Small Quot is of utmost importance she told the children. The gel Besack is intended to help separate Many items previously disposed of at landfills. Gel Besack refuse includes styrofoam plastic lids and cups butter tubs for example other plastics final food packaging materials and milk Cartons after being washed with soapy water. Plastics containing things like car motor oils Are exceptions. Kavanagh is a campaigner for recycling. She spends much of her time going to housing areas Community meetings even door to door educating Quot the american Community As to what goes in the Gelbe sack and Why we have it Quot she said. Since children frequently Are the ones who put out the trash they need to get involved Kavanagh said. Quot the More we educate proper trash separation and the reason for it the easier we can save the environment our children s futures and also survive Over Here in a German environment Quot Kavanagh said. Quot the panic Button has been hit All Over the world. Like with everything else that a what it takes. You need to see catastrophe. Before something  and in Quot very trash separation conscious bad Kreuz Nach something is happening she said. German officials have been aggressively pursuing recycling programs and the american military Community has been following in their footsteps she said. The goal is "100-percent cooperation Quot she said and she s encouraged by the Progress. In the first month of the gel Besack pickups Partite caption jumped eightfold she said. Rochen Collaco masquerading As Quot non Bio Betty was one of six trash patrol volunteers. Above Kavanagh talks trash while Rochen Collaco Center and Suzzane Hutchinson took on. At left Hutchinson alias Gelbe sack walks me Halls. Ass photos by Ken George Page 14 a the stars and stripes saturday. November 14, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 15