County Taking Phone Books Year Round 1/16/2009

Drop off old telephone books at the Wake County solid waste convenience center at 6025 Old Smithfield Road, just outside Holly Springs on the west side of N.C. 55 Bypass.

Wake County Solid Waste now accepts residents' phone books year-round at Old Smithfield Road and a dozen other locations throughout the county, including one in the New Hill community. They're open daily 7 a.m. - 7 p.m.

Telephone books are not collected at curbside. Please do not put them in garbage or recycling carts.

Phone book recycling locations also include the South Wake Multi-Material Recycling Facility at 6130 Old Smithfield Road. It is open to Wake County residents and businesses.

Until this year, Wake County set out phone book collection containers for several months at various locations. The switch to year-round acceptance at county recycling locations is more convenient and less costly, county officials say.

Visit Wake County Solid Waste Management for more on county recycling programs.

The Town of Holly Springs provides weekly curbside garbage and recycling for residents through Waste Industries. The Town's curbside recycling program includes:

• Glass food and beverage containers
• Aluminum drink containers and steel food cans
• Newspapers and magazines with stapled bindings
• Plastics types 1-7 that did not contain motor oil or other hazardous substances
• Corrugated cardboard plus cereal boxes, shoe boxes, etc., but not pizza boxes
• Most junk mail and office paper, but not envelopes with plastic windows

At Wake County's waste collection sites, residents can also drop off other items free of charge, including old computers, appliances, motor oil, batteries and other items in addition to phone books.

For more information on the Town's garbage and recycling services, call Holly Springs Public Works at (919) 552-5920.

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