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INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO SAVE STAMPS TO HELP THE BALD EAGLE PROGRAM 
The Florida Audubon Society appreciates the help of those who have been saving 
their stamps for the Bald Eagle program. After the stamps are received, they 
are soaked off the paper, dried and sorted into packets of 100 each. Be sure 
to leave a wide margin around the stamps when cutting them from the envelopes. 
Dealers will not buy stamps with torn perforations or those that have been 
folded or thinned. 
Do not bother to save any of the regular issues from 1l¢ to 40¢, this also ap- 
plies to the commonly used stamps of such nations as Germany, England, France, 
or Australia. Do not save Christmas stamps either. If you really wish to be 
helpful, you can soak the stamps first. Place the stamps in warm water and when 
the stamp comes off the paper easily, remove and place face down on newspapers 
to dry. It is important to be sure that all the glue has been removed. 
Send the commemorative stamps to: Florida Audubon Society, P.O. Drawer 7, 
Maitland, Florida: 32751. 
AMERICAN BALD EAGLE EDUCATIONAL CARD NOW READY 
A free set of ten cards on the American Bald Eagle may be obtained by 
writing to the IAS Regional Office, 1017 Burlington Ave., Downers Grove, 
Ill. 60515. Be sure to include a stamped, self addressed envelope. The 
Bald Eagle, our national emblem, may be found along the Mississippi River. 
Young eagles do not become 'twhite headed" until they are about four years 
old. These educational cards may be used as book marks, sent to friends, 
or used for correspondence. Get your free set now. 

SELF -DESTROYING BOTTLE MAY HELP TO SOLVE LITTER PROBLEM 
It costs taxpayers about 500 million dollars each year to pick up litter along 
the nation's highways. Much of this trash problem is due to the popularity of 
no-deposit bottles and cans. The new, "disappearing" bottle is a plastic- 
paper-metal-foil combination which the Swedish company, Rigello Pak AB, says 
is aS rugged as its glass counterpart. 
Made of rigid plastic, plus Saran to seal in flavor and bouquet, the new bottle 
has an inner paper sleeve with an aluminum foil and plastic glue lining. The 
whole container weighs about one-tenth as much as an ordinary nonreturnable 
beverage bottle. 
The container may be burned to ashes; or if it is tossed away, the paper rots 
and the plastic decomposes under action of sunlight and soil acids. This is the 
second decomposable bottle to be marketed recently; a different type was intro- 
duced in Germany earlier this year. 
The U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare recently granted Dr. Samuel 
Hulbert of Clemson University $50,000 to develop a self-melting bottle, which, 
when broken would turn soft and dissolve into water. 
Each year 26 billion bottles are thrown away in this country and many of them 
end up along the road or in parks. Keep America Beautiful Inc. estimates that 
it costs from 10 to 60 cents to pick up a single piece of litter. 




