Turning the Yellow Pages green

Over the next few weeks, homes across Basingstoke and Deane will be receiving their new edition of the Yellow Pages directory. The council is urging residents to recycle their old edition by putting it into their green bin as soon as their new copy is delivered.

It couldn’t be easier for residents to recycle their old Yellow Pages now that they are able to go into the green bins for kerbside collection. The directories are then recycled and turned into animal bedding, jiffy bags, egg boxes and loft insulation.

Cabinet Member for the Environment and Climate Change Cllr Elaine Still said: “Many residents are already recycling their old newspapers, plastic bottles and cans via their kerbside recycling collections. Over the next few weeks, we are asking them to recycle one extra item, their old 2009/10 Yellow Pages directory.

“If all borough residents recycle their old directory it will make a real contribution to helping the environment by saving an estimated 100 tonnes of paper from going to waste. With the recent introduction of aerosol recycling there is now so much that can be recycled via the kerbside and if every household in the borough recycled all that we can currently recycle the borough recycling rate would stand at 50%.”

For more recycling information contact the council 01256 844844 or email: recycling@basingstoke.gov.uk or visit www.basingstoke.gov.uk/go/recycle.

If you find that you no longer use your Yellow Pages and prefer to search online, you can cancel your Yellow Pages delivery by calling the Directory Sales team on 0800 671 444.