Block · one region of the page, as the scanner read it. It may hold a whole story, part of one, several, or an advertisement; stitching blocks into articles is the next step. Text is supplied OCR.
Page 4 · column 3 of 7 · from the scan, no model involved
Washington, D.C. In the 1980s we’ve come to embrace convenience. We thrive on it and seek it out, in every form and shape from diapers to soft drinks, and the containers in which they’re packaged. If something can’t be fixed, filled, eaten or disposed of in a few minutes, it isn’t worth the effort. And in these fastpaced times, why not? America’s prosperity has paved the way for product disposability, but have we stopped to think about the consequences?
After you pitch your garbage you forget about it. You’re satisfied, but unfortunately you and the city in which you live have just begun to eat the costs. City officials across the country are attesting to the fact that this laissez-faire attitude can’t continue. It’s not just the rising tide of trash in the landfills, a monumental problem in itself, but a variety of other costs are rising too. Environmental and health hazards abound and stricter environmental regulations have only touched the surface. Not only is space running out, but the cost of trash disposal has reached a staggering $4 billion annually.
As cities across the country feel the weight of the crisis, thejlre turning to recycling with positwfcsults. The old adage that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure fits the trash bill in the case of our city landfills. It doesn’t make sense to put so much effort, time arid money into burying and burning our
90.1%