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Making case to give up plastic Malverne environmentalist joins call for bottle bill changes Environmental Center in Douglaston — nestled between Nassau County and Queens — some Plastic bottles blowing across 40 years ago. local streets. Shards of glass He’s also been a Boy Scout sprinkled across schoolyards. leader for much of that time, his Highway exits overflowing with background in hiking leading cans. Varon to care for the environThat was New York in the ment. 1970s — a time and place Joseph “I want to leave a clean and Varon remembers pristine world,” he far too well. said. “People just Varon pressed the threw it away,” said state to adopt the the Malverne envibottle bill back in ronmentalist. “And, the ‘80s, walking sadly, some people alongside others didn’t even bother to from Manhattan’s do that.” Inwood neighborThe Returnable hood to the CocaContainer Act, com- JoSEpH VARoN Cola plant in Tarrymonly known as the Environmentalist town. “bottle bill,” encourAnd they sucaged recycling by ceeded, with the first taxing each can and bottle a nickels collected on drink connickel, which could be redeemed tainers beginning July 1, 1983. once that empty can or bottle And although the buying power was turned into a recycling cen- of a nickel has changed signifiter. cantly over that time — cans of It was signed by Gov. Hugh soda than cost just a quarter Carey in 1982, and outside of — the amount the state collects expanding to include water con- has not. tainers in later years, the bottle A proposed bill from Suffolk bill hasn’t changed much over County Assemblyman Steven the last four decades. Englebright and state Sen. Todd Today, Varon volunteers with Kaminsky hope to change that, the nonprofit Beyond Plastics, and helped found the Alley Pond Continued on page 11
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ANDREw wEllS, 17, makes and sells decoupage seashells, and donates proceeds to Camp ANCHOR, Grateful Greyhounds, It’s All About the Kids, and Nobody Starves on Long Island.
He sells seashells and donates Andrew Wells is ‘kind, generous and creative’ By lISA MARGARIA lmargaria@liherald.com
West Hempstead High School junior Andrew Wells uses his artistic talent to create detailed decoupage art on seashells, which he sells and then donates the proceeds to various organizations. Since he was young, Wells, who is autistic, has been creative and generous, his mother, Jeannie Wells said, and always offered acts of kindness, such as making person-
alized cards and customized crayons for people’s birthdays. Last July, Jeannie and Andrew visited Lisa Loiacono, a friend of Jeannie’s, in Massachusetts, where Loiacono taught them how to make decoupage art, using napkins or tissue paper, Modge Podge, paint, and a lot of patience, Loiacono said, to decorate seashells. “It’s really amazing how meticulous he got with it,” Loiacono said of Andrew, adding that his skills in the
craft exceeded her expectations. “Anything that Andrew picks up, he’s all in. That’s just kind of who he is as a human being, which is something that doesn’t come easy to most people. He’s a very determined kid, and when he sets his mind to something, he’s going to be the best he can be at it.” “He just mastered it,” Jeannie said. “He became better than [Lisa], better than Continued on page 10
he bill is working but we need to expand it.