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Telephone Books Accepted in SPSA Curbside Recycling Programs

(June 14, 2007 Chesapeake, VA) – Telephone books are now accepted in the Southeastern Public Service Authority (SPSA) curbside recycling program --- both the 18-gallon bin and the 95-gallon cart program.
            Ed Hacker, Recycling Superintendent says, “Area residents may simply place their telephone books in their cart or bin on their normally scheduled collection day. It’s that simple to recycle your telephone book. This new feature of the system will be of increasing value when Verizon changes out telephone books in the fall. We are pleased that our recycling processor allowed us to make this addition.”
            Other recyclables typically accepted at SPSA facilities include the following:

• Glass (clear, green or brown glass bottles and jars)
• Metals (aluminum, foil and pie pans, steel/tin cans)
• Papers (clean newspapers and advertising inserts for Chesapeake curbside residents and unwanted mail, magazines and catalogs, and cardboard boxes - please flatten boxes and put inside recycling container for Norfolk and Franklin curbside residents only.)
• Plastic Bottles (#1-2 for Chesapeake curbside residents and #1-7 for Norfolk and Franklin curbside residents only.)

Telephone books are not accepted at any of the SPSA drop-off centers at this time.  Visit the SPSA website at www.spsa.com to view the varied types of curbside recycling programs available in the SPSA member communities. Also, for more information, contact Felicia Blow or Brenna Gintyrapp at (757) 420-4700.

SPSA has been providing efficient and environmentally sound waste disposal services to the region and its residents since 1985. SPSA’s solid waste management system includes waste-to-energy, yard waste composting, drop-off and curbside recycling as well as other recycling programs, household hazardous waste collection, landfilling, landfill gas-to-energy and education programs. This integrated waste management system enables SPSA to put 57% of the waste it receives to a beneficial use, thus allowing the region to reduce its dependence on landfills.