Scouting, Volume 65, Number 3, May-June 1977 Page: 44
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rie early morning phone call was brief,
to the point. "We're all set, Dave," said
Bob Opelt. "Looks as if we'll have at least
10 fathers there, and about 23 boys. As
usual, we'll meet at the swimming pool at
9:30 this morning."
"OK, let's roll," said Dave Meyers.
A long conversation wasn't necessary
because it was a familiar scene for Bob
Opelt, Scoutmaster of Troop 562, Wood-
ridge, 111., and Dave Meyers, committee
chairman of the active, 55-member troop.
It was time for the monthly newspaper
drive. Every first Saturday of the month
these Scouts, their fathers and leaders
gather in this Chicago suburb for the drive.
Since they started in 1969, the fund-raising
effort has become highly organized.
"On the Thursday before the drive we
put up reminder signs—eight of them—on
the main streets of our village," said
Meyers. "These simply tell the residents
'Scout Paper Drive This Saturday.' We
meet at 9:30 sharp on the Saturday morning
of the event. On an average, between 10
and 12 fathers and 25 to 30 boys will show
up. They're broken up into teams and
assigned to different areas of the village.
Generally, the entire drive is over about
noon. This includes collecting the bundles,
bringing them back to a 40-foot truck
trailer that's provided each month by a
local paper recycling firm and is parked
near our community swimming pool. There
we stack the bundles in the trailer."
What's the payoff? Hard cash for the
troop treasury. Like other Scouts and Cub
Scouts throughout the U.S., the boys of
Troop 562 are earning their way with
wastepaper drives. "Each boy who takes
part in one of our collections receives
points worth cash credit," explained
Meyers. "The points add up to about $3 per
drive for each boy.
"We don't give the money to the boy; we
keep a careful record of his cash credits.
During the year he can apply the money
he's earned toward summer camp fees or to
help pay for a big adventure like a journey
to Philmont Scout Banch in New Mexico.
Meyers noted that the remainder of the
money collected from the monthly drives
goes directly into the troop treasury for
purchase of equipment like tents and
cooking gear. Because of the drives, the
troop is solvent. "Our treasury's full, and it
stays that way," he said.
The Woodridge Scouts average between
12 and 15 tons of newspaper in each of their
drives. Since the price paid for wastepaper
varies from year to year, their earnings go
up and down. Meyers believes it's impor-
tant to keep the effort going, even when the
price dips. "About a year or so ago, when
we were being paid very little for the
newspapers, we didn't cancel the drives,"
he said, "because the residents here are
used to them. If you keep starting and
stopping the effort, it kills the momentum
you've built up."
There's no longer a problem of low prices
paid for newspaper these days. Although
the price varies from state to state, com-
panies that recycle newspaper are current-
ly paying good money because there's a
growing need for paper products. In fact,
most experts in the paper recycling in-
dustry believe there will be a booming
demand for wastepaper by 1980. Bobert
Katovich, vice president, Pioneer Paper
Stock Division, Container Corporation of
America, Chicago, 111., said, "We expect a
substantial increase in the use of paper and
paperboard by all of our citizens in the
future. Some people in our industry think
there might be a shortage of packaging
materials."
Scouts and Cub Scouts who hold regular
newspaper drives are doing more than
filling up their treasuries. They're helping
this country's ecology. Our forests not only
give us paper and paper products, they are
a valuable natural resource, since they
provide a home for wildlife and help con-
trol erosion. Forests also give us recreation
areas for hiking, camping and other out-
door activities. By using recycled materials,
trees may be used for other purposes.
Through planned programs of recycling
and tree replacement we can assure that
there will be healthy, productive, Amer-
ican forests in the future.
What happens to the millions of tons of
wastepaper collected each year for recy-
cling? First, it's weighed, processed into
large bales and shipped to paper mills. At
the mill, the wastepaper is put into a
machine called a hydropulper, which looks
like a giant home blender. The paper is
stirred into water heated to 160 degrees for
cleaning and reconditioning. At this point
the mixture—called "slurry"—goes
through a series of cleaning operations to
remove any contaminants.
Then the slurry is fed onto the paper
machine. It is spread evenly onto a moving
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