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EDITOR'S KIT FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT
COMMUNICATIONS.
Price: $99.00 for all 4 sets (on CD), or $29.00 per disk set. 1995-1999. ISBN
0-927160-11-0.
The fastest, easiest, most economical solution to your copy needs. The
"Editor's Kit For Local Government Communications" consists of
professionally composed articles on PC disks that have been researched, written,
edited and proofed by LGI staff. You can use the articles without fear of
copyright violation. Whether you are producing a community newsletter, brochure,
budget message, annual report, employee newsletter, orientation handbook, or
explaining your form of government, convincing people to recycle, or just trying
to educate citizens, officials or staff, Editor's Kit articles are the perfect
communications aid to fill your need quickly and easily. Each Kit also comes
with a 32 page manual that includes "Guidelines for Municipal
Newsletters".
VARIOUS LENGTHS OF ARTICLES TO FIT YOUR NEEDS:
Each Editor's Kit disk contains between 50 to 70 articles or sections, amounting
to nearly 300 pages of printed information! The articles come in a variety of
sizes to fit your space needs, and are ready to be integrated into your
publication.
SELECT FROM 4 DIFFERENT DISK SETS:
CITIZENS EDUCATION disk containing a variety of articles to educate
citizens, volunteers, council candidates or new council members about local
government governance, operations, services, programs, fiscal affairs, policy
formation, etc.
HEALTH AND WELLNESS disk consisting of more than 60 articles on diet,
disease, exercise, injury, stress, substance use, and family, etc.
QUIPS AND QUOTES disk containing hundreds of wise or witty sayings
especially suited for local government.
SUCCESS SKILLS disk consisting of 70 articles on improving various
employee skills. Sections include personal success skills, interpersonal success
skills, leadership and management success skills, and much more. Great material
for employee newsletters, speeches and so forth.

SAMPLE ARTICLE(S) FROM CITIZEN EDUCATION DISK: File CE309.txt
RECYCLE - IT MAKES SENSE!
Call it garbage, solid waste, refuse, or trash; we produce this waste at our
homes and businesses. We throw it into cans. We have someone take it away. Each
year in the United States, we generate enough garbage to fill a convoy of
trash-trucks
reaching halfway to the moon. Every year that convoy grows longer!
What is in Our Trash? National averages show:
40% Paper
18% Yard Trimmings
9% Metals
8% Plastic
7% Glass
7% Food Waste
12% Other
WHERE DOES OUR TRASH GO?
What happens to last night's empty soft drink cans and bottles? Where does this
morning's discarded newspaper go? For many years, most have gone to landfills.
Now, many of these landfills can contain no more volume. Because landfills have
become increasingly filled, their cost has soared. To pay the additional costs
many communities raised fees or taxes. Landfills no longer provide simple, easy,
waste disposal.
Some communities use incinerators to burn waste and recover energy. While,
incinerators reduce the volume of waste, communities still need landfills to
bury the incinerator's ash. Both incinerators and landfills are expensive and
can take a long time to locate and build. In many areas, communities have begun
looking for ways to decrease waste, not increase disposal capacity. To do so,
communities recycle, reuse, and compost yard trimmings.
ONCE IS NOT ENOUGH
To reduce America's waste we must use many different approaches. Such approaches
include reducing and reusing waste, recycling, burning waste to energy recovery,
and landfilling. Presently, federal, state, and local governments seek
solutions; as they study and plan for current and future needs. Yet, without
citizen involvement, many solutions cannot work.
Recycling represents only one important remedy for the garbage problem. It's an
effective solution because it reduces the amount of waste for disposal.
Individuals like you can be part of the solution by recycling at home and at
work. To make recycling effective, you can use recycled and recyclable products,
organize recycling programs,
and encourage your neighbors to recycle. As we create our nation's increasing
supply of waste, we can also recycle to contribute to its solution.
What Is Recycling? "Recycling" means separating, collecting,
processing, marketing, and ultimately using a material thrown away. Newspaper
publishers can use this morning's newspaper for another morning's news. Cans and
bottles can become
other products. Many firms produce quality products and packaging from recovered
materials. We can help create markets for recyclables by using these products.
WHY SHOULD WE RECYCLE?
1. Recycling reduces our reliance on landfills and incinerators.
2. Recycling saves energy.
3. Recycling can help our health and environment when harmful substances the
waste stream.
4. Recycling conserves our natural resources because it reduces the need for raw
materials.
LET'S CLEAN UP OUR ACT!
Recycle at Home! To participate separate recyclables and taking them to your
local drop-off or buy-back center, or put them out for curbside pickup. Do not
throw away what you can use again. For example, you can use plastic containers
many times. If you change your own auto oil, take it to a local service station
or recycling center. Leave your grass clippings on the lawn or compost them with
leaves.
Shop Smarter! When choosing between similar products, select the product with
the least packaging. Use products in containers that your community can recycle.
Use products that one can repaired or reuse. Support recycling markets by using
products made from recycled material.
Get Involved! Get involved in planning for your state and local solid waste
management. Inform others about the benefits of recycling. Encourage friends and
businesses you patronize to recycle and to use recycled material or recyclables.
Participate in or start a voluntary recycling program with a local business,
school, church, or community group. Organize a recycling program where you work.
A CLOSER LOOK RECYCLING
With everybody's help, recycling offers a great potential to improve management.
The EPA has set a national goal to reduce and recycle 25 percent of our waste.
Some communities have set similar goals. Others are just beginning recycling
programs. Such programs and goals depend on your support and involvement.
What can we recycle? We can recycle newspaper, office paper, cardboard, and
other paper types; compost yard trimmings-grass, leaves, and shrub and tree
clippings; and separate glass-bottles and jars according to color (clear, green,
and amber) before we recycle. Recycled products include aluminum cans,
other-metals-tin cans, auto bodies, refrigerators, stoves, and batteries. Used
motor oil-Truck, tractor, and automobile crankcase oil are recycled.
Plastics-Soda bottles, milk jugs, foam
cups, and detergent containers are recycled.
TYPES OF RECYCLING PROGRAMS
Several kinds of collection programs are run by local governments, nonprofit
organizations, and private enterprises:
1. Curbside collection is the most convenient way for a household to recycle.
These programs offer scheduled pickups of separated, recyclable products from
the curb-like trash collection.
2. Drop-off centers are sites set up for us to leave materials for recycling.
These centers serve as convenient central pickup locations for processors or
recyclers.
3. Buy-back centers pay consumers for recyclable materials.
4. Waste companies buy trash from offices, businesses, institutions, schools,
and industries in some communities.
When you're busy and trying to meet a deadline; don't waste valuable time trying
to dream-up an appropriate article, use one of ours. Order your copy of the
Editor's Kit today!
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