ChatterBank1 min ago
Can phone directory books be recycled?
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Since phone book directories should not be dumped in the recycling bin because they are too thick, is there a place for them to be recycled? Or is the only option throwing them out? :-(
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.For information, I found this explaination of why some councils do not recycle directories.
"Yellow Pages directories are generally not welcomed in kerbside recycling collections or recycling banks. The yellow dye can be difficult to remove at the paper mill, while as phone directories are often more than 12 months old, the ink will have oxidised onto the paper, again making it hard to remove."
"Yellow Pages directories are generally not welcomed in kerbside recycling collections or recycling banks. The yellow dye can be difficult to remove at the paper mill, while as phone directories are often more than 12 months old, the ink will have oxidised onto the paper, again making it hard to remove."
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hammersgirl you have a lazy husband.....
there should not be a problem how do they get the ink out of any paper for that matter just another stupid exscuse as for the yellow dye well what about all that black ink.... yeallow is the easiest colour to "neutralize" I have workied in printing and yellow to black spells....non existant, mind you it would be better if the guys that drop the yellow pages off take the old one back and it go back to the people that do the yellow pages and so they can have them all recycled together getting the same quality paper back etc and not "upsetting" normal recycling if it really does....
there should not be a problem how do they get the ink out of any paper for that matter just another stupid exscuse as for the yellow dye well what about all that black ink.... yeallow is the easiest colour to "neutralize" I have workied in printing and yellow to black spells....non existant, mind you it would be better if the guys that drop the yellow pages off take the old one back and it go back to the people that do the yellow pages and so they can have them all recycled together getting the same quality paper back etc and not "upsetting" normal recycling if it really does....
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