The time is right to recycle old Yellow Pages directories in Aberdeenshire - 15 May 2008
When it comes to recycling your old 2007/08 Yellow Pages directory, now is the ideal time to do it.Over the next few weeks, homes across Aberdeenshire will be receiving their new 2008/09 edition of the directory and Aberdeenshire Council and the Yellow Pages Directory Recycling Scheme are urging households to recycle their old edition as soon as the new copy is delivered.
Old Yellow Pages directories can be recycled via clearly labelled special directory collection points at most Household Waste & Recycling Centres and four Recycling Points in Aberdeenshire. The Household Waste & Recycling Centres are those at:
- Alford
- Banchory
- Ellon
- Fraserburgh
- Huntly
- Insch
- Inverurie
- Laurencekirk
- Macduff
- Peterhead
- Portsoy
- Stonehaven
- Turriff
- Westhill
The directories can also be recycled at these four Recycling Points only:
- Aboyne (Old Station Yard car park)
- Ballater (Church Square car park)
- Mintlaw (Council Depot, South Street)
- Portlethen (Asda car park)
The special Yellow Pages directory recycling containers will be available for eight weeks only - from May 19 to July 13, 2008.
It is important that the directories are only put in the special Yellow Pages collection containers. They should not be put in the normal paper recycling points, or in the kerbside paper recycling collection, as they are being collected in bulk for separate recycling treatment.
Richard Duggleby, head of external relations at Yell, the publisher of Yellow Pages directories, said: “As a business committed to the environment, we encourage everyone to recycle as much as they can, as regularly as possible; however, when it comes to recycling old Yellow Pages directories, the best time to do it is when the new edition has just been delivered.”
Diane Rotherham, recycling officer with Aberdeenshire Council, said: “Many people are already in the habit of recycling old newspapers, bottles and cans. Over the next few weeks, we are simply asking residents to recycle one extra item – their old 2007/08 Yellow Pages directory. If everyone in Aberdeenshire recycles their old directory when the new one is delivered, it will make a real environmental contribution.”
For further information about Yellow Pages and recycling, visit www.yellgroup.com or call the Directory Recycling Helpline on 0800 671 444 (lines open Mon-Fri, 8:30-5:30). For more details about recycling in Aberdeenshire, visit www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/waste or call the Wasteline on 0845 600 3 900.
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For media enquiries, please contact Anthony Mayfield, Communications Assistant, Aberdeenshire Council Corporate Communications Unit, on 01224 664611 or call the Yell Public Relations Department on 0118 950 6724.
Notes to editors:
Yellow Pages
The paper used for Yellow Pages directories in the UK contains 52% recycled fibre plus wood fibres from forestry waste, sourced from sustainably managed forests in Finland. The paper is white and printed with a yellow colour wash. Old Yellow Pages directories can be recycled into cardboard, animal bedding, egg boxes, packaging and insulation materials.
Yellow Pages directories are published by Yell, a leading international directories business operating in classified advertising markets in the UK, US, Spain and Latin America. Yell’s brands in the UK include: Yellow Pages, Yell.com and Yellow Pages 118 24 7.
Yellow Pages Directory Recycling Scheme
The Yellow Pages Directory Recycling Scheme works with local authorities to encourage an increase in the number of old Yellow Pages directories that UK households recycle. A freephone helpline (0800 671 444)* is available to find out the nearest recycling point for old Yellow Pages directories. The information is also available at www.yellgroup.com/recycling
*Lines open Monday – Friday from 8.30am – 5.30pm
