Calling All Phone Books, It's Time to RecycleSummertime is phone book time! Thousands of phone books will be delivered to Pinellas County residents' doorsteps. Please recycle your old phone books instead of trashing them. The Pinellas County Phone Book Recycling Drive offers many convenient options. Residents of nine cities (Belleair, Clearwater, Dunedin, Indian Rocks Beach, Largo, Madeira Beach, Oldsmar, Redington Beach, and Safety Harbor) may recycle phone books in their curbside bin with "mixed paper". There are also 43 drop-off locations available around the county as well as over 300 SP Recycling (fundraising bin) drop-off sites. A complete listing (Phone Book Recycling 2010) is attached, or may be viewed online at www.pinellascounty.org/utilities/PDF/phone-book-sites.pdf. Each year, over 500 million telephone books are distributed nationwide-enough to circle the earth four times! A common myth is that phone books cannot be recycled, but they are 100% recyclable. Your old phone book can be recycled into insulation, cereal boxes, paper towels, or new phone books. You can cut waste if you are getting more phone books than you need. At home, you probably don't need multiple sets of books, which is what you will receive if you have more than one phone line. At the office, co-workers can share phone books instead of receiving individual books. Another option is to use online listings instead of a hard copy. You can sign up to stop receiving phone books at www.YellowPagesOptOut.org. For more information, contact Pinellas County Utilities at (727) 464-7500 or visit www.pinellascounty.org/utilities.
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