provided by I Love A Clean San Diego County, Inc.
n an effort to recover tons of reusable paper, Pacific
Bell Directory, the City of San Diego Environmental Services Department
and I Love A Clean San Diego County, Inc. are teaming up to encourage residents
and businesses to recycle their old phone books.
Until April 30, 1997, residents may call (800)
953-4400 to find the nearest phone book recycling location. Residents who
have curbside available may recycle their phone books by simply placing
them into their recycling bin on their regular recycling day.
Businesses with 100 or more phone books should
contact their waste hauler or recycling service for pickup options. Businesses
with fewer than 100 phone books are encouraged to take their books to the
business recycling locations.
Although Pacific Bell Directory's primary use
for the old phone books is to make new phone books, they are investigating
other options for the old directories. Teaming with a paper mill in Pomona,
California, and Gilmore Envelope Corporation, Pacific Bell Directory now
has bill envelopes, stationary bond, file folders, note pads and tablets
created from the old phone books collected during their recycling events.
Each month residents will receive an olive-green envelope which is made
from at least 50 percent old telephone directories. One Pacific Bell Directory
provides enough stock to make 300 envelopes!
Pacific Bell Directories are made with bleachable
dyes and inks, non-UV coated covers and gelatin based glues which help to
make them recyclable. Two-thirds of the directories' paper is made with
40 percent post-consumer recycled fiber.
