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Art Show Encourages Recycling, Reuse

The Fifth Annual San Bernardino County (Calif.) Recycled Art Show was held in March, encouraging professional and amateur artists to create art from reused and recycled materials. The show began in 1997, showcasing 44 entries and 31 artists. The 2001 show has 156 entries. Items artists used for their pieces included vacuums, brooms, dolls, shoes, scrap metal and old clothes.

Up to $3,600 in cash prizes was available for the show, which was sponsored by the County of San Bernardino Waste System Division and Norcal/San Bernardino Inc. This year’s show is the fifth year for the collaboration. Categories artwork was judged on included:

 Sculpture

 Collage

 Fashion/Accessory

 Photography/Imagery

 Youth/Adult Mask

• Student Mask

Winning pieces will be displayed at the County Government Canter in San Bernardino until April 18.

Earth-Friendly Eatery

The Brookfield Zoo, Brookfield, Ill., has opened a new dining location that offers environmentally friendly selections such as organic and all-natural snacks.

Products at the Eco Café will be chosen based on product origin, packaging, preparation and effects on the environment. About 75% of the products offered will be organic foods.

Other products the café will offer include:

Benches made of recycled plastic

Molded fiber tableware that is 100%

biodegradable

Educational materials about products sold at the café

Recycling containers located at the café and throughout the park.

Daewoo Announces Dealer Awards

Daewoo Heavy Industries America Corp., Suwanee, Ga., has announced winners of its 2000 Dealer Awards. The awards are given annually and were presented at the 2001 American Equipment Distributors (AED) Show in Las Vegas.

The 2000 Top Performance Award was given to the company with the highest U.S. market share, Uniontown Industrial Equipment, Lemont Furnace, Pa. The winner of the 2000 Top Performance Award for Canadian market share was Ready Quip Sales & Service, Timmins, Ontario.

Other winners included:

Hoffman Equipment Inc., Piscataway, N.J.-Top Sales award for U.S. sales in volume.

Denis Gauvin Inc., St.--Augustin-de-Desmaures, Quebec-Top Sales award for Canadian Sales in volume.

Hoffman Equipment Inc.-2000 Outstanding Parts Marketing award.

Mark Gravel Box Inc., Balmoral, New Brunswick, Canada-2000 Outstanding Parts Management award.

Five Star Dealer Awards-Coastal Machinery Co., Theodore, Ala.; Peterson Machinery, Missoula, Mont.; Ready Quip Sales; Steve’s Equipment Service Co., West Chicago, Ill.; and Uniontown Industrial Equipment.

“Clean Your Files Day” Announced

“Clean Your Files Day,” an Earth Day event, is April 20. It is a program of the National Office Paper Recycling Project, Washington.

The event is coordinated to encourage employees to increase the amount of paper recycled in the workplace. The program was initiated in 1995 as a pilot program in Chicago. It resulted in more than 12 times the normal rate of collection in the city.

Last year more than 150 cities and 100 other businesses, schools and government offices hosted local Clean Your Files Day events. For more information, visit href="http://www.usmayors.org" target=new" class="blue5">www.usmayors.org.