Telephone Books [aka Superpages, Telephone Directories, yellow pages, white pages, TELUS pages] are one of the Capital Region’s recycling success stories. Every resident in the region has access to mixed paper recycling, using an apartment tote or a CRD Blue Bag, and thus, paper is banned from disposal at the Hartland landfill.
Reduce | Reuse | Recycle | Facilities
How do I go green?
Reduce
The best way to reduce your paper use is by refusing it. Post a ‘no junk mail’ sign in your mailbox and refuse the annual phone book replacement, opting to search for numbers online and recording frequently called numbers in your phone and in a second place such as an address book in case of power failure or data loss.
Reuse
Use the entire book for a doorstop or save it for wrapping paper and packaging material. Shredded newsprint makes an excellent garden mulch or litter box liner. Many companies will pick up extra current year telephone books and redistribute them. A minimum number may apply. Call the directory company for details.
Recycle
Just drop it in the Blue Bag! Have several? Check out the paper recycling drop off locations listed below. Current year telephone books may also be recycled.
Facilities
Alpine Disposal & Recycling
1045 Dunford Avenue
Langford
250-474-5145
DL's Recycling Centre
6844 Oldfield Road
Saanichton
250-544-3103
Ellice Recycle
Enter at 524 David Street
Victoria
250-386-4342
Emterra Environmental / International Paper Industries (Commercial Only)
302-304 John Street
Victoria
250-385-4399
Hartland Recycling Facility
# 1 Hartland Avenue
Victoria
250-360-3030
Oak Bay Municipal Depot (Oak Bay Residents Only)
1771 Elgin Road
Victoria
250-598-4501
Port Renfrew Recycling Drop Box
Parkinson Road
Port Renfrew
1-800-663-4425
reFUSE (Commercial and Residential)
2111 Government Street
Victoria
250-381-6007
Saturna Island Recycling Depot
Navarez & Harris Road
Saturna Island
250-539-2868
The Environmental Story
Phone books made of cardstock covers with newsprint pages span the gamut in terms of environmental sustainability. Some types are almost fully post consumer recycled, use vegetable based inks and don’t use whiteners or bleaches. The majority of North American newsprint sent to recycling facilities ends up in the post-consumer market in China and abroad, where newsprint forest resources are not so plentiful. With the ability to keep listings up to date online and the majority of private mobile numbers unlisted, phone books are becoming increasingly obsolete.
Save the Date!
This year, Hartland Happening is on Sunday June 24th.
10:30 am to 3:00 pm
Click here for more details
Questions? Call the CRD Hotline.
We can answer your questions on the Hartland landfill, composting, household hazardous waste, recycling and more!
t: 250.360.3030
toll-free: 1.800.663.4425 #3030
Go blue. It's the right thing to do.
Use CRD Blue Boxes & Bags at the curb.