October 30, 2009

Place old phone books today for recycling

Today (Oct. 30) is the day to set out old telephone directories for recycling. Purdue Recycling crews will collect the directories Saturday (Oct. 31).

Unneeded phone books, boxed or bundled, should be placed on loading docks or next to the outdoor green Purdue Recycling collection carts. Covering the books against the weather is helpful.

This follows last week's distribution of new directories on campus.

Local phone directories will be distributed at another time, followed by a campus recycling pickup. In the past several years, local phone books have come in January or February.

Last year, people on campus helped send 13,598 pounds of phone directories to recycling instead of landfills.

For more information, contact the Recycling Office at 49-40194 or 49-63326 or recycling@purdue.edu, or visit www.purdue.edu/physicalfacilities/recycling/.