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...biggest benefit of rejasing is that virtually indestructible objects never reach the garbage heap. The first grade at the Driscoll School in Brookline, Mass., for example, is building a sculpture from Clorox bottles, makeup cases and other plastic objects. "It is an excellent material for outdoor use," says Teacher Mrs. Donald Shelby, "for the same reason that it is difficult to recycle." Whatever all this says about the future of art, it surely proves that in an ecology-minded era, one man's trash is another's treasure...
Lately distillers have won federal approval to experiment with plastic bottles. Though they cost more than glass bottles and have less sparkle, lightweight plastic containers are cheaper to ship, offer vast possibilities for imaginative shapes, and are easier for consumers to carry, particularly in the half-gallon size. For convenience some bottles are made with handles. In another major move, designed to create more competition and lower prices in the vodka market, the Government has gradually relaxed its regulations over the manufacture of the drink; for example, Washington no longer stipulates that vodka has to be filtered through charcoal...
Alexander switched from plastic packaging to biodegradable cardboard containers for eggs, meats and produce. To promote the recycling of waste materials, he arranged for a local citizens' group to place bins for old newspapers in his parking lots and to collect the contents for processing into blank paper. In addition to posting the phosphate content of soaps and other cleansers, Alexander tagged those that are low in phosphates with "ecology preferred" stickers. "When you buy the products we've indicated are low in phosphates," reads a point-of-sale sign, "you help decrease the amount of phosphates that...
...trusted," he sighs, and claims that he often finds himself mentioning his M.A. from Indiana "rather inverse snobbishly." "But at least they have me here," he said as he dug into his wallet, "and are evidently planning to have a few more like me. See: I have my little plastic card with 'officer' stamped on it. That's an admission of something, isn't it?" May he be the first of a long line-out of the kitchen and with little plastic cards...
Bateriologist (Arthur Hill), biologist (Kate Reid), surgeon (James Olson) and pathologist (David Wayne) are assigned to the microscopic object which consumes plastic and turns blood to powder. One American has already been annihilated; now the Andromeda strain seems bent on total destruction. The Thing multiplies by some unknown process. At great-too great-length, the brains decide to nuke it to death. But wait! They suddenly realize their folly. Split atoms are what make the Thing thrive. It eats them for breakfast. The countdown begins. Can the stalwart defuse the bomb in time? The clock eats up seconds...