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What happens to telephone directories at the end of each year?

A few years ago, virtually all used telephone directories were sent to landfill or burned….

What can I do?

The Directory Recycling Project aims to increase the numbers of Phone Books and Yellow Pages recycled throughout the UK. The Project works in partnership with local authorities, recyclers, community networks and other interested parties to improve and promote opportunities for directory recycling.

If you have a query about directory recycling please ring 0800 783 1592 between 9am and 5pm Monday to Friday.

Where is my nearest recycling center?
You can use this part of the Directory Recycling Project website to see if there are local recycling facilities.

Smart thinking

Smart recycling idea!
MP's Alan Whitehead and Mark Oaten introduced a 'Reuse of White Goods' act. The plan was to give all Fridges a 'residual value' so that they wherever they were, some one would have a good reason to take the old fridges to a disassembly point for recycling.

This way, the CFC's (ozone depleting gases) would be disposed of safely. The theory behind it was this - if all rubbish has a value, then it will never get left anywhere, it will always end up where we want it to end up.

Unfortunately, the bill ran out of time and was not adopted in the legislation for the next year of parliament…

Further information

The Buy Recycled website is mainly targeted at business but has some products available for domestic customers.

Aluminium recycling website

Wastewatch
Waste Watch is a charity whose inspiration and values derive from a desire to protect the environment by ensuring the sustainable use and disposal of scarce resources, primarily by advocating waste reduction, re-use and recycling of materials. These values provide the basis of our work with community and voluntary organisations, local authorities, educational institutions, businesses and individual members of the public, all of whom share our desire for an improved environment and the reduction of waste.

Wastewatch
Europa House
Ground Floor
13-17 Ironmonger Row
London
EC1V 3QG
Tel: 0171 253 6266
Fax: 0171 253 5962

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