INC NEWS - Phone books and other recyclables

[Laura Drey]

I think information about recyclables is worth repeating since we are again
receiving new phone books. Also I rarely notice anyone putting mixed paper
in their recycling bins in my neighborhood.

I would urge you to recycle your phone books instead of putting them in the
garbage. I also carry one in the car to look up phone numbers, when I am no
driving, instead of calling information.

Durham picks up the following recyclables:

Magazines and Catalogs
Mixed Paper (includes basically everything other than cardboard boxes and
things that contained food products.)
Aluminum Cans
Steel Cans
Glass Bottles and Jars
Newspaper 
Corrugated Cardboard
White and Colored Office Paper
Phone Books

Laura 

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For Details, Contact: Amy C. Blalock Senior Public Affairs Specialist
560-4123 x 253
Office of Public Affairs 101 City Hall Plaza Durham, NC 27701

August 29, 2008

City of Durham Encourages Residents to Recycle Phone Directories
 
Durham, N.C. ­ Durham residents are now receiving new telephone directories
and this year, instead of throwing away old directories in the household
trash, the City of Durham wants to remind residents to recycle them in their
curbside recycling bin instead.
 
According to Josephine Valencia, waste disposal manager for the City¹s
Department of Solid Waste Management, tons of old phone directories are
thrown away each year instead of being recycled.  ³According to the
Environmental Protection Agency's 2005 estimate, 660,000 tons of telephone
directories are distributed each year in this country, but only about 18
percent of them are recycled,² Valencia said.  ³We want our residents to
remember that old or unwanted directories are easy to recycle in Durham and
can be placed year-round into either their curbside recycling bin or brought
to one of City¹s recycling drop-off centers.²  
 
Valencia advises residents to remove any plastic bags, magnets or other
attachments to their directories before recycling.  In addition to curbside
recycling, residents can visit one of the City¹s drop-off centers listed
below to place their old directories into the mixed paper containers.

City of Durham Drop-Off Centers:

* Open 24-hours-a-day unless otherwise noted.

·        Festival Shopping Center, 3457 Hillsborough Road (Behind Kroger)

·     Heritage Square Shopping Center, 401 East Lakewood Avenue
(Fayetteville St. & Lakewood Ave., behind Housing & Community Service)

·     Northgate Mall, Guess Rd. (behind Office Depot)

·     Oxford Commons Shopping Center, 3500 North Roxboro Road

      Southern Boundaries Park 3400 Third Fork Rd. (entrance from Archdale)

·     TFC Recycling, 1017 South Hoover Road

·     The Village Shopping Center, 1100 North Miami Boulevard (beside Post
Office)

·     Waste Disposal & Recycling Center, 2115 East Club Boulevard  (Transfer
Station) (* Monday ­ Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturday from
7:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.)

For more information about curbside recycling, visit the City¹s Web site at
www.durhamnc.gov/departments/solid
<http://www.durhamnc.gov/departments/solid> or contact Josephine Valencia at
560-4186, extension 253 or via e-mail at Josephine.Valencia at durhamnc.gov Or
contact Durham One Call at  560-1200.

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November 2007 

About the Department of Solid Waste Management

The City of Durham's Department of Solid Waste Management promotes and
supports a high quality of life for the citizens of Durham by providing
comprehensive, responsive, environmentally-safe, efficient and
cost-effective solid waste collection, recycling and disposal programs.
Department services include roll-out cart collection, cart delivery and
repair service, dumpster collection, cardboard collection, yard waste
collection, waste reduction and recycling, bulky item pick-up, street
cleaning and disposal services.  For more information, visit the City's Web
site at  www.durhamnc.gov/departments/solid/
<http://www.durhamnc.gov/departments/solid/> .


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>From early 2008:

Here's the URL for the list of what can be put in the recycling bins, as
well as what can not be recycled:

http://www.durhamnc.gov/departments/solid/wr_five_steps..cfm
<http://www.durhamnc.gov/departments/solid/wr_five_steps.cfm>

Please note that both corrugated and flat cardboard can be recycled.  Pizza
boxes are not ok since they come in contact with food.  Toilet paper rolls,
for instance, are ok.  And, as far as I understand it, I think cereal boxes
are ok because the food is in the plastic bag part.

In general, it's a good list for clarifying the what and how of recycling.
I recommend that everyone give it a look (or print out the dowloadable list)
and keep as much as possible out of the landfill.  I really doesn't take a
lot of time to rip the celophane windows out of envelopes!

Thanks.  -Donna

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I'd like to add that Orange County happens to recycle some items that Durham
doesn't cover, such as paper egg crates. If you happen to drive to Chapel
Hill regularly, you also have the choice of using the excellent recycling
facility at University Mall for those extra items.  They also have a rack
for useful magazines, so other people can read them after you.
http://www.co.orange.nc.us/recycling/centers.asp
--Ildar 

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