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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/12/1990 - Solid Waste Abatement Commission AGENDA SOLID WASTE ABATEMENT COMMISSION EAGAN, MINNESOTA EAGAN MUNICIPAL CENTER CONFERENCE ROOMS A & B 4110""”'° ii➢R+A0lr► 1990 11:30 A.M. I. ROLL CALL AND ADOPTION OF AGENDA II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES III. STAFF REPORT A. Christmas Tree Program B. Multi -Unit Update C. Household Hazardous Waste Program Update V. OLD BUSINESS A. Commercial Recycling Program VI. NEW BUSINESS A. 1991 Funding Application Overview B. Dakota County \Eagan YardWaste Compost Site - Program Plan \Options for 1991 VII. OTHER BUSINESS— VIII. DISTRIBUTION Ai 4 J /) ( I is IX. NEXT MEETING + /UL X. ADJOURNMENT MEMO TO: CHAIRS NOEL AND MANN AND ALL MEMBERS OF THE SOLID WASTE ABATEMENT COMMISSION FROM: RECYCLING COORDINATOR HAGEMAN DATE: SEPTEMBER 5, 1990 SUBJECT: EAGAN SOLID WASTE ABATEMENT COMMISSION MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 12, 1990 Please note special meeting date. We are unable to schedule any public meetings on Tuesday, September 11, due to the primary elections. A regular meeting of the Eagan Solid Waste Abatement Commission will be held on Wednesday, September 12, 1990 at 11:30 a.m., in the Eagan Municipal Center conference rooms A & B. The City will provide a box lunch to those requesting one by noon, Monday, September 10. Please contact Kris Hageman or Jane Helebrant at 454 -8100 to indicate whether you will attend and your luncheon preference. I. ROLL CALL AND ADOPTION OF AGENDA The agenda, as presented or modgied, requires adoption by the Commission. 1 4 1 ,4„:„„ si; ma„,_ II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES la" 12, 6S A copy of the minutes of the Solid Waste Abatement Commission meeting of August 14, 1990 is enclosed on pages S to . These minutes, subject to any change require approval by the C m mission. III. STAFF REPORT A. Christmas Tree Program Area haulers, city representatives and County staff have been meeting through the summer months to evaluate a christmas tree (and other wood waste) collection program. At its August 16th meeting the group summarized the issues involved for such a program and presented the information to the Solid Waste Management Advisory Committee on August 21st. After reviewing the information, SWMAC made the following recommendations to staff and the Dakota County Board. 1. The program should be voluntary for haulers, and customers; 2. County sites should be available for delivery of material; 3. Individuals should be able to deliver trees at no cost; 4. Haulers and other commercial users would pay processing costs for the material they deliver. % )g. & 1'•u y staff has drafted a resolution which details operations and rl' teps to be taken, i.e. amending the current yard waste ordinance, A 92 n order to facilitate a ban on additional wood wastes. County =% aff will be presenting both the SWMAC recommendation and the i y P ► resolution to the Physical Development Board Committee on September 4 1 0 k 4 4 18th for review. 1 B. Multi -Unit Program Update During the month of August, we added 2 complexes (300 units) and Oo expanded our efforts toward identifing accounts and their 4 1 respective service companies. Two additional complexes will be cl'CP receiving containers during the weeks of September 3rd and 9th. ,Y� In addition, it should be mentioned that the Residence Inn of the '' arriot Corp. has organized a recycling program within their \ B O O complex in Eagan. The Residence Inn program has been active since arly this summer and offers residents the opportunity to recycle - v- many materials in addition to glass, cans and newspapers. I have developed a reminder card doorhan er to be programs V/ that P / g given to ro rams that have been online for 4 months or more. I plan to distribute these doorhangers to all complexes approximately every four months. C. Household Hazardous Waste Program Update. At the August 21st meeting of the Dakota County Solid Waste Management Advisory Committee, George Kinney, Dakota County Environmental Health Supervisor, addressed the group with a review of the recent recommendations for the County Board regarding the County HHW Management Plan. Kinney presented three new areas which were: 1. A permanent drop off site in the City of Lakeville. The collected waste would be packaged and managed by APTUS personnel. This site would allow County residents to drop -off hazardous wastes one Saturday each month. 1910 2. The establishment of two drop -off sites at geographically accessible locations in the County. These sites would be open 20 hours per week. q` 3. Opening a Reuse /Recycling Center where usable hazardous r waste materials would be offered for trade or pick -up by the public. Kinney also explained that there would still be one day collections in the County, but that these would be phased out as more permanent programs are established. Kinney also stated that the concentration is now on public education, with the focus on preventing hazardous waste generation by the public. 1- IV. OLD BUSINESS A. Commercial Recycling Activities. As an update regarding our policy on supplying "desk -top" boxes, the NATCO company has received 180 boxes ($100 equivalent) and our guide for white office paper recycling and will be implementing their in -house program in the near future. I will be distributing a sample brochure at our regular meeting for dicussion purposes. If the content works well, I can then procede with production. The estimated distribution time for the brochure should be the end of October. $ 1 /p-F , P - ta " « _ .1- ! ' V. NEW BUSINESS � ( iP/0,1 A. 1991 Funding Application Overview K90 1 In 1989 and 1990, the Eagan Recycling Program reeved a significant amount of funding from Dakota County, and the same is true for 1991. The Funding is Designated into three areas; 1. Administrative; 2. Residential Operations; and 3. Capital Expenditures. The following information is the estimated expenditures for the program in 1991. After reviewing our goals for the coming year and beyond, we have established a large operation budget that will support a much larger promotional and educational campaign to support and expand the curbside and multi -unit program in addition to other solid waste management activities. The main components in the Funding Application are the budget and program work plan. These items, a budget estimate and the preliminary work plan, are enclosed on pages through for your review.. Action to be considered on this item: To approve \recommend the 1 Funding Application for 1991 for r __ : by the Eagan City Council. B. Dakota County /Eagan YardWaste Compost Site- lls► • Program Plan /Options for 1991 /� 4� After preliminary discussions with County st -ff, it is my understanding that the County wishes to extend its use of the Eagan site for their yard waste management operations. Warrent Wilson has stated that plans for a permanent yard waste management site located adjacent to or in the vacinity of the Resource Recovery Facility are still in their infancy stages and that the County would like to use the "satellite sites" until final program operations are organized. Meetings will be scheduled in the near future to discuss our site operation possibilities and lease agreement status. Our current Lease Agreement is valid until 3/31/91. We need to begin discussion regarding future plans for the Eagan site in 1991 and beyond. The main options we have identified include: 1. Closing the site- discontinue the yard waste program. 2. Move the site to another location within the city limits and continue operations as a County "satellite site" or take over operations and run as a municipal site. Future needs of the land designated for the current site may become an issue in the near future. 3. Continue with current site operations on existing site. Look at time period for continuing program, i.e. one year, two years etc. VI. OTHER BUSINESS VII. DISTRIBUTION Enclosed in your packet are the following materials. 1. On pages 1 through 10 you will find a final tabulation of countywide residential abatement figures (preliminary) with . additional graphs. 2. On pages (t through I you will find a copy of the summarized issues surrounding t the christmas tree program compiled by local haulers and city and county staff. 3. On pages l through you will find the preliminary work lan and a timated budget p g t for 1991. 4. On page 2.1 you will find an article from E Magazine regarding American driving habits and suggestions for environmentally sound travel changes. • VIII. NEXT MEETING The next meeting of the Solid Waste Abatement Commission will be on Tuesday, October 9, 1990 at 11:0 a.m. Please mark your calendars for that meeting. IX. ADJOURNMENT. ) The meeting will adjourn at or about 1:00 p.m. 4 Subject to Approval MINUTES OF THE SOLID WASTE ABATEMENT COMMISSION Eagan, Minnesota August 14,1990 A regular meeting of the Eagan Solid Waste Abatement Commission was held on Tuesday, August 14, 1990 at 11:30 a.m. Present were Terry Schnell, Earl Milbridge, Cindy Ista, Larry Knutson, Tom Moline, Todd Gatz, Dennis Seiz and Floyd Hiar. Also present were Recycling Coordinator Hageman, Assistant to the City Administrator Hohenstein and Administrative Intern Olinger. AGENDA The agenda was approved as presented. MINUTES The minutes of the July 10, 1990 meeting were approved as presented. OATH OF OFFICE Dennis Seiz was sworn in as a regular member and Floyd Hiar as an alternate. STAFF REPORT Hageman updated the Committee on tonnages received in both the curbside program and drop -off centers for January -June 1990. She also included a comparison between 1989 totals and the 1990 to -date figures and discussed 1990 goals and targets for recycling activities. In addition, Hageman updated the Commission on the compost facility operations and reported the first quarter tonnage figures along with site evaluations. Hageman then updated the Commission on recent recycling legislation regarding appliances and the options available for proper disposal. • COMMERCIAL RECYCLING PROGRAM Much discussion took place concerning how to best support businesses as they initiate recycling programs and the options for City roles and program start -ups. Hageman also reported on estimates for producing a brochure to be distributed to all businesses within the City. After reviewing the options, it was decided to continue support of the white office paper recycling effort through a motion by Hiar, seconded by Ista, that all businesses interested in white office paper recycling will be provided booklets, other materials as available and up to approximately 180 recycling desktop boxes to assist them in getting the program started. Motion carried. SWMAC Hageman noted that she attended a meeting of SWMAC's subcommittee on long -term funding for landfill abatement activities. Hageman commented on the structure of the Committee and its members and also the groups of directives for the remaining months of the year and stated that a final report will be produced in March of 1991. Updates of the subcommittee's discussions and copies of the minutes of these meetings will be included in future packets. NEW BUSINESS Hohenstein asked if there was some way to recognize Cub Foods store in Eagan for their efforts to recycle plastic grocery and produce bags and also paper bags. They have placed bins at the store entrance for easy drop -off of these items. A motion was made by Knutson, seconded by Seiz, for staff to send a letter of recognition to Cub Foods through the Solid Waste Abatement Commission. The motion carried. Good -byes and farewells were directed to Terry Schnell by the Commission. They recognized his valuable impact to the Commission and wished him well in his future endeavors. 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G b pp sas - G t7 r m O P4 o x — \ \\ \ ,V % \m% \ 2 0 `' o ✓ 4 oa 0 ' o 0 u) o _d . C O O 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 tie d 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 m o CV 0 O' CO L--- '0 tf) 'Cr CY) N •—, m •-■ 4-4 .-- O d M a >. 0 o _ z ba 1 . /0 SUMMARY OF HAULER MEETING DISCUSSION ON CHRISTMAS TREES August 16, 1990 The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the direction of the County Board to staff regarding the inclusion of Christmas trees (trees) within Ordinance 115, Source Separation Ordinance, and to receive input on related technical issues. Staff is to bring a recommendation to the Physical Development Board Committee on September 18, 1990. Attending the meeting, in addition to County staff, were representatives from five haulers, and three cities. For discussion purposes the larger issue of banning Christmas trees was divided into seven sections. For each section, as many technical aspects as possible were listed; a given aspect could be listed in more than one section. I. COLLECTION A. Banning vs. collection - A distinction is made between including trees within Ordinance 115 and collection. The Ordinance_ requires that effected materials (currently recyclables and yard waste) to be separated from Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) and prohibits haulers from collecting these materials together with MSW. The Ordinance does not require the materials to be collected. B. If trees are banned from disposal, they will need to be collected, the question is "How "? Will collections be limited to Christmas trees only, more specifically, to evergreen Christmas trees only? If so, what is the rational for this? C. If trees are collected, how long should the "period" be? This has an effect in two areas: 1. Over what period should collection take place? If it is a long period, the cost per tree will be very high. If the period is too short, there won't be many trees collected. It appears that a two week collection period will get the maximum number of trees while keeping the cost per tree down. 2. Over what number of years should the program continue? If a program starts, the public will become accustomed to it. What will the County's policy on Christmas trees be when the Resource Recovery Facility is operational? This will impact the decision of haulers to purchase equipment, either for collection or chipping. 1 (' D. If trees aren't included as a banned item, it is possible that customers won't separate them, they will set them out with the MSW. E. If trees are a banned item and customers miss the period of collection, the trees would have to be left. The haulers can expect to receive phone calls. F. There will be additional cost to haulers and to customers for separate collection. G. Assuming that collection is done in January, the weather is unpredictable. This may cause problems in scheduling collection even within a two week period. H. Because of the holidays, January is a high trash month already and the days are short. Committing a truck for separate collection could be difficult for smaller haulers. I. It is necessary for the trees to be clean. If a tree is contaminated should the hauler leave it? What if it is set out on the last day of the collection period? Wreaths and trees will be set out together, how should wreaths be managed? J. If trees are included as a banned item, should the County and the townships expect an increase in the littering rate ?._ What kind of enforcement for littering can be expected? - K. Other materials, specifically plastics and corrugate are going to be added to the materials which must be source separated. This will be a third material to be added within a short time; each added material has its unique set of operating constraints for the hauler. L. Related to "K" above, What is the best use of funds, what are the County priorities for trees when compared to plastics and corrugate? M. How should multi - family and commercial generators be managed? N. When transporting collected trees, the loads are not dense. Would it be feasible to chip the material and transport chips? O. Will trees from outside of Dakota County be able to be brought into Dakota County and be disposed of in the landfills? The Ordinance could be interpreted to ban the disposal of trees from the entire metropolitan area_ 2 P. What enforcement can be expected on the County's part as it relates to the banning of tree disposal with MSW? Where will enforcement take place, at the curb or at the landfills? II. DISPOSAL A. What disposal sites will be available? A partial list of sites for trees is: • The two County sites in Lakeville and Eagan, The R. D. Pecar & Co., Inc. site in South St. Paul, and The AAA site south of Shakopee. It is possible Edward Kraemer and Sons may open a site in Burnsville. The Empire Organic Greenhouse will take chips. B. The unpredictability of the weather may be a factor in keeping the sites open and having them open at the hours needed for commercial disposal. C. When determining which sites can /should be used, consideration should be given to the size of the sites, and whether the site will be a transfer or a processing site. D. It should also be determined who the sites will be available to. If there is a mix of public (auto traffic), haulers (large truck traffic) and other commercial traffic, it is possible that the traffic - types will not be compatible with each other. __ III. EDUCATION A. The education program must be developed from scratch. There are not materials from other counties which can be modified and used. B. Where would the educational materials come from: the haulers, the cities, the County? C. The window of opportunity is closing quickly for having an effective campaign. Who needs to approve the program and the educational program before materials can be developed, and how fast can we move after the policy has been set? D. Wreaths should not be included in the ban. The wire is a contaminant that causes problems operationally and must be disposed of as a reject. This should be stressed in the literature. � 3 3 E. What will the cost of the education program be? What is in the 1990 budget which can be used? F. Telling people how the ban will be enforced will be important. IV. FUNDING A. Will the existing funding program guidelines allow for the program as an eligible one? There are three /four months left to put together a long term program. Can it be done in this amount of time? What other work will be put aside? B. Will there be funding available? If so, where will it come from, and what costs will be eligible? Will there be funding for administration, collection, and processing. Will there be short term funding available, long term funding, both, or neither? C. There will be costs associated with the collection, transportation, disposal and processing of the trees. Who will pay these costs? How about the administrative side of the program, eg., staff and education, who will pay these costs? C. Is there a point when it isn't worth the costs of education, collection, transportation, disposal, processing, disposal of rejects, and distribution of chips? This is especially significant now, with the increase in energy costs. D. Will this program be run similar to the collection for recyclables or yard waste? The recyclables collection program uses hauler payments as an incentive and to offset costs, the yard waste program does not. E. What will the costs /avoided costs of the program be? O It is estimated that if 40,000 trees are collected, tipping fees at the County sites would be $12,015. O It is estimated that if each tree weighs 25 pounds, 40,000 trees would weigh 500 tons. O In 1991, landfill costs in Dakota County could be between $64.54 and $68.78 per ton. O The avoided landfill cost could be $32,270 and $34,875. 0 Net savings on tip fees could be $20,255 - $22,860. 14 Y V. ORDINANCE AMENDMENT A. If trees are to be included as a banned material, Ordinance 115 would have to be amended. What is the rational for banning "Christmas trees ", is there a technical reason? Shouldn't the ban be on all tree waste, or at least on all evergreen tree waste? B. The earliest an ordinance amendment could be brought before the Physical Development Board Committee is September 18. A public hearing on the amendment could be scheduled for October 9. The earliest date a ban could be acted on by the County Board is October 9. If the Board does not act on it immediately, the next meeting of the Board is October 23. C. The current language of Ordinance 115 includes a definition of Yard Waste which parrots the definition in the Waste Management Act. The definitions include " prunings" but do not specify what "prunings" are. For the purpose of compost site operations, Dakota County accepts any shrub or tree waste -under four inches in diameter. D. Within Ordinance 115, Dakota County could further define "Prunings" or specify that tree and shrub waste under a certain size would be banned from landfills. This would effectively ban all such material from coming into the landfills, regardless of its origin. E. Administration of the Ordinance would be critical to the success of the ban. What resources would this take? VI. ALTERNATIVES A. Curbside collection by cities, by haulers, or by other commercial collectors. B. Drop - off sites for residents: Could have sites in each city Could use the retail tree lots Could limit the days for collection Should have the sites attended Who bears the risk from fire C. Haulers could supply roll -offs. Possible locations to site roll -offs are: • Retail tree lots Parking areas and lots High traffic areas such as strip malls Is" Municipal lots and buildings If these sites are unattended there is a danger from fire and trash /junk would likely be dumped into the roll -offs. D. Individual cities could have all trees delivered to a municipal site and have a bon fire. This would require a DNR burning permit. E. Utilize the tree on the generating site: O Set the trees up as feeding stations and protection for birds O Mulch the trees with a lawn mower or backyard chipper in the Spring. O Cut the trunks up for firewood F. Keep the tree until Spring and set it out for collection with other prunings. G. Pile the trees for wildlife habitat. 1c 6 Department Administration Dept. Number 17 RECYCLING PROGRAM BUDGET, 1991 DETAIL 4215 Reference Material - miscellaneous $ 100 4220 Operating Supplies - graphic production supplies 50 -in -house recycling program supplies 150 200 4330 Postage /Delivery - direct mail 9,000 - ADC delivery service 500 - missellaneous service 500 10,000 4337 Personal Auto /Parking 300 4340 Advertisin - advertisements in local newspapers and other publications. (2 ads /mo X 12 X $300) 5,600 -video library 100 - banners, buttons, T shirts, refrigerator magnets, misc. 600 - miscellaneous produced materials, ie. Earth Day Kit, poster 200 - PSA's, paid advertisements, billboards 3,500 10,000 4350 Printing /Binding - citywide brochures (two) 4,000 - newsletter inserts (four) HERO Highlights 1,200 - multi -unit doorhangers /info cards 300 - multi -unit posters 100 - multi -unit signs 3,000 - office paper recycling poster 100 - reprint of W.O.P. booklet 900 -in -house recycling program 100 - yardwaste information 300 10,000 4396 Building Rental - Semi - trailer rental for curbside containers 1,020 - Transfer of containers 980 2,000 I. 4411 Conferences and Schools - Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Annual Conference 60 - Recycling Association of Minnesota Seminars 75 - Association of Recycling Managers Seminars 90 - Office of Waste Management Seminars 60 -Waste Education Coalition - miscellaneous _ 500 4412 Local Meetings -Solid Waste Abatement Commission 750 - Recycling Association of Minnesota membership meetings (2) 100 850 4414 Dues and Subscriptions - Recycling Association of Minnesota 50 - Association of Recycling Managers 20 - BioCycle magazine 55 - Recycling Today magazine 28 - Garbage magazine 21 - miscellaneous 26 200 4421 Awards - Cash for Trash Lottery 0 4450 Contractual Services - Performance funding - local refuse haulers $ 101,300 (16% abatement = 3,378 tons @ $30) -Multi -unit payment to haulers (4,800 units @ $.50 unit X 12 mos.) 28,800 - local drop -off and redemption centers ($5.00 ton for Approx 566 tons) 2,800 - Household Hazardous Waste Collection 5,000 - Recycle Minnesota Resources contract 4,000 - Coordinator salary 23,600 - Labor (Delivery of containers $.45 X 7500) 3.400 168,900 4570 Other Equipment - Curbside Containers (7500 Sets @ $12.00 +_) 90,000 - Public Containers 6,000 96,000 TOTAL $ 299,100 If Department Administration Dept. Number 17 RECYCLING PROGRAM BUDGET, 1991 REVENUE, ESTIMATED The 1991 the Eagan Recycling Program will receive a significant amount of support from the Dakota County Solid. Waste Entriprise fund. The following is a detail of the expected revenue and additional General Fund contributions. The program will use the entire admistrative allocation of $8,250 which will require a general fund contribution of approximately $15,350. County funds available for the Residential operations category total $198,000 of which we have budgeted approximately $168,900. In the Capital Expenditures category, we have an approximate $156,00 available and we have budgeted $96,000. DAKOTA COUNTY GRANT AVAILABLE 1991 Administrative ($.50 /Household X 16,500) $ 8,250 Residential Operations ($1 /HH /month) 198,000 Capital Expenditures Carryover, remaining funds 156,000 Total Dakota County Grant $281,800 General Fund Contribution 17,300 Total Recycling Program Expenditures $299,100 11 Preliminary Program Work Plan 1991 Date Program Element 1/30/91 Communty Annual Report 2/30/91 Continued program promotion/ multi -unit program promotion Follow -up- Commercial recycling activities 3/01/91 Ongoing promotion- Citywide Newsletter 2 year anniversary /curbside program /Earth Day 2 celebration. Progress Report #1 Due 4/30/91 Continued School Presentations 7/01/91 Program Revision Due Progress Report #2 Due Continued Community Activities, i.e. July 4th parade. 9/01/91 Continued Program Promotion Citywide Newsletter Multi -unit program support 10/01/91 Progress Report #3 Due Program Application 1992 Due School presentations /Community Activities 12/01/91 Citywide Newsletter .., • . . E RONME�il'AIJS . f - ' ut ..... _. _T.__... Al 0 ' Driving As If The Earth flattered a ,...„ An Ecological Car Owner's Guide "" BY IIM MOTAVALLI fp A mericans love their cars. v - – : a Corporate Average Fuel Effi- They give them names, low .3 ciency (CAFE) standard by • ' lavish time, money and atten- ..-, - ' 'IV' z the year 2000 is a good goal. tion on them, and often cry „ .. ` O ,t -.� The CAFE standard currently when they're hauled off to '” 4 the junkyard. - ._. stands at 27.5 mpg, and com j panies are continually lobby - And yet these same " © t [ S �s,Y • l t' mg to try to roll it back. Some friends are major polluters, _ cars exceed the CAFE stan- as guilty as the chemical , F 55 ' , ; - 1- . dard, however, including the _A manufacturers we all love to r ♦. -.1 �! 1 1 , I �l Honda Civic, which gets 33 At ' caricature. Most emironmen i ,, � 4 r { !� miles per gallon in the city ' talists worry about major oil h= : and 37 on the highway, the spills, but aren't aware that GEO Prizm (28 city /33 high- more than a million gallons of waste oil are still likely to throw out our old filters, way) and the Dodge Colt (31 city /36 R^ are poured into the earth every day by which contain a third of a quart of oil highway). b motorists changing their oil at home. contaminated with heavy metals, lead, Used car buyers —first check to see if 4 That's an Exxon Valdez every two weeks. sulfur, acids and other toxins. the pollution- reducing catalytic converter s It's impossible to turn your pollution- Karcey's System One company builds has been disconnected or removed by the spewing automobile into a model of green reusable oil and air filters to help reduce previous owner. Buying and installing a civic virtue, but it is possible to reduce the amount of oil sludge ending up in new unit is neither easy nor cheap, and its effect on the environment. One simple landfills. The System One oil filter can be some states have stringent requirements thing you can do is to stop buying premium taken out, washed easily with soap, and regarding their use. Ambitious car owners gas. Unless your vehicle is a 60s "muscle" then reinstalled. The filter costs $70 and is might even consider converting their cars car with a high- compression V -8 engine, it an excellent, environmentally sound idea to burning low- hydrocarbon propane fuel; can probably run on regular unleaded. In that won't void any warranties. Karcey's it's easier than you might think. fact, most modern cars were designed to air filters, similarly cleanable, cost $25 Finally, we can put pressure on Ameri- 111k run on fuel with an octane rating of 87 and are also available for most cars. can manufacturers to stop fighting CAFE or less; higher octane gas can cause Another way to reduce the glut in standards, and to seriously develop alter - iii occasional knocking. landfills is to take your old tires to be natives like electric commuter vehicles The high octane gas used to power recycled, and to use retreaded tires, the (General Motors does have a pilot pro - many high - performance cars contains product of an industry built on recycling gram). Then we might finally build the some of the most deadly chemicals known, and saving rubber. Modern retreads are "ethical car" that John DeLorean once including toluene and xylene which form safe and long - lasting, and will cost you talked about. benzene when burned. Benzene is one of half as much per mile to use. Used bat- Hel fnl Resources the five most dangerous toxic chemicals teries should also not simply be thrown P found in the air. It is present in elevated out; they contain lead and acids that are System One Oil and Air Filters, 1822A levels in the air of many states...and 85 highly toxic. Many recycling centers now East Main Street, Visalia, CA 93291/ percent of it comes from gasoline. Says take old tires and car batteries, as well as (800)554 -3533. Texas Agriculture Commissioner Jim High - toxic anti -freeze and used oil. Do -it -your- Tire Retread Information Bureau, tower, "Every time you tank up with 87- self mechanics should also be aware that 26555 Carmel Rancho Blvd., Carmel, CA octane gasoline, you cut your contribu- asbestos - coated brake pads should be 93923/(408)625 -3247. tion to emission- caused cancer by nine treated as hazardous waste. For information on converting your percent." Obviously, we considerably reduce pol- car to propane fuel: Texas Department Another way to reduce pollution is lution by driving fuel- efficient cars, but of Agriculture, P.O. Box 12847, Austin, through your car's oil and air filters. Detroit has been hesitant to produce them TX/(512)463 -7602. According to John Karcey, an Oregon- because profits on large cars are considera- based auto parts builder turned environ- bly more. Organizations like the Center JIM MOTAVALLI is editor of the Fairfield mentalist, even if we recycle our oil, we for Auto Safety think a 50 miles per gallon County Advocate in Connecticut. E MAGAZINE 57 L(