Recycle Your Phonebooks

Each year we put out phone book collection boxes around town as drop off sites for your recycling convenience!  Please do not toss those old phone books or those big fat sales catalogs in your garbage can!  Drop off sites will include municipal and government offices as well as a few other locations.

Drop-off Locations are:

• Liberty County Courthouse Annex Lobby, Hinesville
• City Hall Lobby, Hinesville
• City Hall Lobby, Midway
• City Hall Lobby, Riceboro
• City Hall Porch, Walthourville
• City Hall Lobby, Flemington

We also collect phonebooks through out the year at quarterly Recycle It! Fairs and at our Recycle Drop off Sites.

Local businesses and industries are also encouraged to collect their old phone books and business catalogs, too.   We will be happy to arrange a courtesy pick up for any businesses with a substantial number of these phone books and sales catalogs for recycling between January and mid-February.  Just call Keep Liberty Beautiful at 880-4888 to arrange a courtesy pick up for your company.
 
If you are not convinced that recycling paper can make a difference, consider these facts:
•    Every ton of paper that is recycled saves seventeen trees!
•    In 2006, a record 53.4 percent of the paper consumed in the United States was recovered for recycling.  That is more than 53 million tons recycled.   That 53% recycled is certainly impressive, but that means that another 50 million tons are still going into landfills.  What a waste!
•    More than 36% of the fiber used to make new paper products in the United States now comes from recycled sources.  Using these recycled sources not only saves all those trees, it saves energy, too.
•    Every ton of paper recycled saves more than 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space.
•    Many paper products can be recycled several times---up to six times for many items.  What an opportunity to extend the life of these resources!