WE RECYCLE:

• All types of phone books including State of Minnesota telephone directories.

WHERE TO RECYCLE:

• Stack phone books next to any corridor recycling containers for pick up. Do not remove covers.
• If you have a large number of phone books needing recycling, please call the Recycling Center at 962-6388 to arrange a mutually agreeable pick up time.

FACTS ABOUT PHONE BOOKS:

• It is against the law in Minnesota to put phone books into the trash or other solid waste disposal! All materials used in phone books are recyclable and should be recycled by state law.
• Qwest Dex who publishes the phone books in our geographic area now has a web site listing recycling locations for phone books in the Upper Midwest and Northwest U.S.
• According to the St. Paul Neighborhood Energy Consortium, one tree and 420 gallons of water are saved for every 30 phone books recycled.
• New St. Paul phone books are distributed every July.
• New Minneapolis phone books are distributed every January.
• Old phone books should be recycled when new phone books are received. Phone books are recycled separately from newspaper, magazines, and other types of paper.
• The St. Paul, Minneapolis, and other phone books are recycled through our neighbor, the Rock-Tenn Corporation.
• If your department receives more new phone books than it can use, please call Telecommunications at 962-6260 and inform them. That way next year's order can be reduced. Unused books may be taken to Aquinas Rm. 32 and left in the hallway. If you are unable to transport them yourself, please call the Recycling Center at 962-6388 for a pick up. The phone books can be used in other departments or be returned to the phone company for use at other institutions.

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