How to Dispose of Phone Books
New phone books arrive annually to replace the previous year's book. Earth 911 states an average of two phone books arrive at residences every year. The phone books produced in one year placed end to end totals 106,700 miles, enough to circle the earth four times, with books left over. Landfills receive an average of 660,000 tons of phone books each year. While book spines are not recyclable, the pages of phone books are. Earth 911 allows you to search for recycling centers near your home if you do not have curbside pickup.
- Curbside recycling receptacle
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Instructions
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Remove plastic and magnetic material from the phone book.
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Check your local recycling guidelines to ensure your phone book is ready to be recycled. Follow your local recycling center's procedure for preparing phone books.
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Place old phone books in a curbside recycling receptacle.