So, after having other Green Grounded posts about getting a dozen unsolicited phonebooks last year (here and here), one phonebook of which is still lying in my trunk, I got an email from a very greenie colleague, NBC 17 Reporter Laura Barron, that Yellow Pages have gone green and you can register to STOP RECEIVING unsolicited phonebooks!
Score!
So you [...]
Don’t think you can throw that phonebook curbside! It will NOT get picked up because the poor quality paper makes it impossible to recycle as new paper.
Instead, your phonebook will become insulation materials. Hey, better that than having our hundreds of thousands of phonebooks in Raleigh (and the Triangle at large) act as anchors at [...]
Recycle recycle recycle those old phonebooks.
Think about if we didn’t recycle them… I bet those alone could cover the landfill!
Durham sent out a press release on where you can recycle your phonebooks.
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CITY OF DURHAM
Office of Public Affairs
101 City Hall Plaza
Durham, NC 27701
News Release
For Details, Contact:
Amy C. Blalock
Senior Public Affairs Specialist
(919) 560-4123 x 253
(919) 475-7735 (cell)
<mailto:Amy.Blalock@durhamnc.gov> [...]
