I just picked up my new phone books at the post office today. So what to do with the old ones? I checked with Mondi Recycling, emailing them at GP_Ronnie_recycler@mpsa.co.za (the Gauteng address), and within 48 hours I had my answer: recycle them. Mondi accepts any kind of books for recycling. In fact, it’s much easier to list the items they don’t want:
Dog food, potato, charcoal and cement bags (too strong to dissolve in water)
bottle labels (ditto)
thermal fax paper
waxed cardboard (usually frozen-food cartons)
greasy pizza boxes (tear off the lid to recycle if it’s clean)
brightly coloured office paper (pastels are fine)
used tissues (Ag sies!)
Other than that, if it’s paper or cardboard, throw it in.
If you live in one of the 400,000 homes in Johannesburg, Pretoria and Durban that have Mondi kerbside recycling, it’s as easy as tossing the phone books into your Mondi bag and putting it on the pavement on collection day. For details see http://www.paperpickup.co.za/, where you can find out the collection days for your suburb, or phone 08000 22112.
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October 31st, 2007 at 10:08 am
[...] Getting an orange bag takes some effort. Ask for one by phone, and leave a pile of newspapers at the kerb—weighed down by a brick—with a sign begging for a bag. Be persistent. If you’re not sure what can and cannot go in the bag, see this post. The recyclables list is so long that even if you don’t subscribe to a daily newspaper you may be able to fill a bag each week. [...]