NEWS: Telephone Book Recycling Program Expands

1/22/2009

Wake County Environmental Services now offers year-round telephone book recycling. The program expansion will reduce costs and is expected to increase the number of telephone books recycled each year. Telephone book recycling is now available at 11 Wake County Convenience Centers and both Multi-Material Recycling facilities.

"Wake County recycled over 380 tons of phone books last year," said Environmental Services Director Tommy Esqueda. "Expanding to year-round telephone book recycling will make the program more convenient for citizens allow us to continue to increase our collection rate."

In the past, Wake County offered drop-off sites during a three-month period when telephone books were delivered. Over the last several years, directory distribution has increased and become a year-round process. The County has decided to expand the program at existing facilities, to keep pace with the market, giving residents and businesses the opportunity to recycle telephone books at anytime. Telephone books can be recycled at the following locations:

Convenience Centers (Open to County Residents ONLY)

Hours: 7 days a week, from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m.

1. 10505 Old Stage Road, Garner
2. 6000 Old Smithfield Road, Apex
3. 266 Aviation Parkway, Morrisville
4. 3600 Yates Mill Pond Road, South Raleigh
5. 8401 Battle Bridge Road, Southeast Raleigh
6. 3913 Lillie Liles Road, Rolesville
7. 9008 Deponie Drive, North Raleigh
8. 2001 Durham Road / NC 98, Wake Forest
9. 3401 New Hill-Holleman Road, New Hill
10. 5216 Eagle Rock Knightdale Road, Knightdale
11. 5051 Wendell Blvd., Zebulon

Multi-Material Recycling Facilities (Open to County Businesses and Residents)

Hours: Monday-Saturday, from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m.

• North Wake Multi-Material Recycling Facility, 9029 Deponie Drive, North Raleigh
• South Wake Multi-Material Recycling Facility, 6130 Old Smithfield Road, Apex

Wake County continues to promote telephone book product stewardship by encouraging all companies distributing phone books in the county to take responsibility for recycling their product. This year’s product stewardship sponsors are AT&T Yellow Pages and R.H. Donnelley (the publisher of Embarq Yellow Pages). Both companies are promoting the recycling sites in their respective directories.

For more information on telephone book recycling and other environmental programs, visit www.wakegov.com/environment or call 919-856-7400.

 

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