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m RECYCLE from Page 1 Lincoln, each desk has two waste receptacles, one for recyclable products and one for other garbage. This system is convenient because employ ees separate their trash in the place that it mi ‘ tes, he said. •< Ion said getting people to separate gar bage could be difficult because they don’t want to bother with it “There does appear to be a prevailing atti tude of ‘out of sight out of mind,’’’ he sail. “They want the garbage to disappear.” But Ken Holm, assistant manager for prim ing and duplicating at the University of Ne braska-Lincoln, said separating the trash at its source doesn’t always work. Because the printing department goes through so much paper in one day, Holm said, having different receptacles for waste products isn’t feasible. Right, now there isn’t enough room in die printing department or on the loading dock at Nebraska Hall for large numbers of recep tacles, he said. Hanlon said that even if waste products are separated properly, finding markets foe recy clable products could be a problem. Because of a “flood” of newspaper collec tion drives, he said, the market for recycling newsprint is now saturated. Until newspapers start using more recycled newsprint or other markets for recycled news print are developed, he said, recycling it won’t be profitable. Recycled newsprint, a combination of re cycled and virgin paper, is not any more expen sive than virgin newsprint and would be the simplest way to create a market for recycling newspapers, Hanlon said. But some recycled paper is more expensive than virgin paper, he said, which creates an other problem for recycling. - For example, a fine-grade, 20-pound paper will be more expensive recycled than virgin, he said. Holm said he only knows of one paper company in Lincoln that sells recycled paper. Firm that company, he said, one thousand sheets of recycled paper cost $40 while the same amount of virgin paper costs only $6.50. He said that minimizing the cost of purchas ing recycled paper is important for providing a market in which people can recycle. Improving public opinion of recycled prod ucts is just as important as keeping the costs low, Hanlon said. “The general attitude in the public is that if it’s not new, it’s not worth anything,” he said. One new industry that Hanlon said he is trying to develop in Lincoln is recycling plas tics. Plastic is difficult to recycle, he said, be cause there are at least 25 different types of plastic resins that are used to make different plastic products. Many products are made from a combina tion of different types of resins, he said, which makes recycling them difficult. “You can’t make a pure, recycled plastic product,” he said. “You have to make a mixed product” Hanlon said low marketability is one reason be is having a difficult time getting a plastic recycling industry started in Lincoln. ' Another reason developing new recycling industries in the state is difficult Hanlon said, is a lack of solid, statewide leadership. Without state support in technology and financing, he said, recycling will be difficult to establish in the state because many recyclable products are too difficult to handle on a local level, especially in small communities. CENTER from Pago 1 entrepreneurs who had what they thought were great products and wanted to know where they could sell them, he said. ‘In reality it turned out that they needed a lot more assistance than just where they could sell it,” he said. Among other things, the center ended up providing packaging help, determining the productssnelf stability and whether the prod ucts were properly labeled, he said. Although the center has helped some com panies and entrepreneurs create new products or modify existing ones, Neumeisier said, the cotter cannot retease entrepreneur or company information regarding won that has been per formed. After meeting with officials from the center, entrepreneurs or company representatives are given a proposal that outlines costs and serv ices, he said. The individual or company then decides whether to choose the services, Neumeisier said. ' 'Everything is done on a project-by-project basis because no two products are the same,” he said. RESEARCH from Page 1 ing and computer research, materials research aod analy sis and water science. Private grants and contracts have come from more than 35 companies on the international, national, stale and local levels. UNL has received govern ment money from more than a . dozen entities, including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S, Department of Energy, U.S. Department of Defease and Environmental Protection Agency. According to Yost, the re search initiative has produced other short-term results besides the gram and contract awards. • Twelve patents have been Tiled. • Faculty recruitment has improved. • About 50 graduate students and research technicians have been hired. • Several companies have formed, including one that will sequence DMA, and two others that will produce and market an instrument that will automati cally sequence DNA. , GASH PRIZES I HOMECOMING TALENT SHOW | OF THE CENTURY - I JSk AUDITIONS PICK UP APPLICATION AT OTY A EAST CAP OFFICES. DUE OCTOBER 6, 5:00 PM. 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