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14 - PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, October 22, 1991 Phone directory recycling a reality in Durham Region By Gillian Barfoot Telephone directories are now being collected for recy- cling in Durham Region, coun- cillor John Aker, chairman of the region's waste reduction committee, announced last week. Residents can put old tele- phone directories in their blue boxes on regular collection day, said Ken Donnelly, solid waste manager for the Region of Dur- ham. For those in Scugog Township without curbside col- lection, directories can be placed in the newspaper recy- cling igloos, which are located behind Port Perry's municipal building and at the Cartwright and Scugog transfer stations. Businesses can deliver their old phone directories directly to the Durham Recycling Centre, he said, but they should call first for an appointment. Sue Campbell, recycling op- erations supervisor at the Dur- ham Recycling Centre, said di- rectories have been picked up occasionally from blue boxes over the past year, and instead of throwing them out, the cen- tre has been working on find- ing a market for them. It costs approximately $30 per ton for the centre to have the directories recycled, plus the cost of collection, process- ing and delivery, she said, "but it's still cheaper than paying $150 a ton to have them land- filled." "We're much better off to handle them properly." She explained the directories are a problem for some mills to recycle because of the binding glue which doesn't dissolve in the recycling process. But recycling equipment is beginning to improve to where it can handle more contamina- tion, she said. As well, the new telephone directories are being made with recyclable materials and biodegradeable glue, which will make them easier and cheaper to recycle. 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The region has been working with local companies to devel- op technology which will recy- cle glossy paper and maga- zines, "but we're not quite there yet," he said. However, corrugated card- board will soon be added to the list of recyclable materials, hopefully in the new year, he added. It will take longer to include fine paper in the blue box recy- cling program because of the many different grades of paper which all have different mar- ket values, he explained. The Durham Recycling Centre cur- rently accepts some fine paper from businesses. "There's a balance you have to strike between trying to make it economical and trying to recycle everything," he said. Mr. Donnelly also mentioned the region expects to save about $1 million as the blue box program moves to a bi- weekly pick-up. The region has asked Scar- borough-based First Brands (Canada) Corporation, who dis- tributes the transparent blue- tinted Glad garbage bags used in recycling programs in other provinces, to make their bags available in retail stores throughout the region for those who find their blue box won't hold two weeks' worth of recyl- able materials. Fa % Lynn Michel of Blackstock and Judy Atkins of Prince Al- bert are two of the many talented artisans who will be sell- ing their wares at the 11th annual Christmas Craft Show and Sale at the Port Perry High School. The sale is this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is $1. 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