After having my new Yellow Pages delivered today I am faced with the annual trauma of what to do with the old one.

It breaks my heart to throw it in the bin when there is so much paper to it and thinking of all the thousands of them likely to be disposed of at this time of year gives me palpatations. :loopy:

I believe that we can't put them into the regular paper collection as being yellow they can't go through the same process as white paper.

What do I do with it? Anybody know of any collection points for these either in the Sheffield area or North Derbyshire areas and if not isn't it time that the powers that be looked into this rather than allowing all that lovely paper to go to waste.

I wonder why it can't be recycled and made into new Yellow Pages.

The age old problem. Recycling paper is more environmentally damaging than sustainable source paper. The bleaching process is the cause.

In Sheffield much of the rubbish is burned. This isn't taken into account when the government compile their stats, so we've been given blue bins for paper when plastic is the most damaging element of our rubbish to burn.

Bin it Mo. It's the most environmentally friendly thing to do.

Recycle your plastics. (I do :thumbsup: )

I already do recycle and re-use plastic, glass, cans, clothes and paper.

I also recycle green kitchen waste via my rabbit............

But I find it almost painful to think about binning all that paper (sad lass I am )

Originally posted by Mo
I also recycle green kitchen waste via my rabbit............

Ahhh, no compost heap to feed it to then? ;)

While I agree with Strix's opinions on the invalidity of the claims that paper recycling is environmentally friendly, Onyx have no problem in accepting both white & yellow directories in the blue bin scheme.

the local scout troop, 61st sheffield, wincobank, have a paper bin for anything bar cardboard which i accept may be a bit far for you to go :) but may be of use to anyone in the brightside/wincobank area

dave

Since the blue bins were delivered its been good to think the papers I have used goes back to a recycling plant to be used again, only one problem, no one in our house knows when the next pick up is and the blue bins been full for about four months.

How are we supposed to know when they are picked up, as far as I know every one on the roads in the same situation, as no one puts there blue bins out, only the pick up people to blame really, as they didnt replace the stickers on the bin that told us when our bins would be emptied.

Originally posted by jonsastar


How are we supposed to know when they are picked up, as far as I know every one on the roads in the same situation, as no one puts there blue bins out, only the pick up people to blame really, as they didnt replace the stickers on the bin that told us when our bins would be emptied.

Stickers weren't replaced. Cards with new dates were supposed to have been posted.

Telephone Onyx on 0845 355 5515

Paper collection for us in Oughtibridge has been a pain. We get a full bin, leave it out on the specified date and they never collect. Every month my husband phones up to say we've been missed and it gets left another 2 days until it's emptied, in the mean time drunks from local pubs sometimes tip them over on to the road.
I save newspapers and yelowpages for my mate who's horse I ride, she has a shredder and uses it for horse bedding. So if anyone wants to leave their papers at Sunnyside Farm in Bradfiled she'll be happy to get more horsey bedding.

I have a weird memory of someone telling me that you could donate old yellow pages to libraries. Surely that can't be true tho? They'd want up to date ones like the rest of us.

I was told by the Yellow Pages rep that Yellow Pages are no longer printed on yellow paper (i.e. paper that is dyed yellow). It is now printed on white paper that is overprinted yellow. Seems odd to me, but apparently this difference means you can actually recycle Yellow Pages now. Into the blue bin with it!

Originally posted by MrHelicopter
I was told by the Yellow Pages rep that Yellow Pages are no longer printed on yellow paper (i.e. paper that is dyed yellow). It is now printed on white paper that is overprinted yellow. Seems odd to me, but apparently this difference means you can actually recycle Yellow Pages now. Into the blue bin with it!

Thats good enough for me, in it goes. :clap:

Originally posted by Mo
After having my new Yellow Pages delivered today I am faced with the annual trauma of what to do with the old one.

It breaks my heart to throw it in the bin when there is so much paper to it and thinking of all the thousands of them likely to be disposed of at this time of year gives me palpatations. :loopy:

I believe that we can't put them into the regular paper collection as being yellow they can't go through the same process as white paper.

What do I do with it? Anybody know of any collection points for these either in the Sheffield area or North Derbyshire areas and if not isn't it time that the powers that be looked into this rather than allowing all that lovely paper to go to waste.

I wonder why it can't be recycled and made into new Yellow Pages.
I did not know you were only ment to put certain paper in the blue bin anything paper or card goes in my and they always take it

Same here. It wouldnt even be half full with plain paper. I dont bin documents with persnal details on... leaving... well nothing really... :(

Originally posted by MrHelicopter
I was told by the Yellow Pages rep that Yellow Pages are no longer printed on yellow paper (i.e. paper that is dyed yellow). It is now printed on white paper that is overprinted yellow. Seems odd to me, but apparently this difference means you can actually recycle Yellow Pages now. Into the blue bin with it!

I have since read that all Onyx do is incinerate the YP books. Thats not my idea of recycling :loopy:

Where did you read this?

Originally posted by cgksheff
Where did you read this?

My reduce, reuse and recycle ethic also stretches to reading the local paper. My mum saves me all her Stars and I get the news a bit later than everbody else :D but it saves paper.

I hadn't seen the article when I started this thread but the letter was in 28 Jan from Eamonn Ward, Sheffield Green Party.

Eammon says that the Yellow Pages website states that

Yellow Pages in domestic waste go to an Energy from Waste plant for energy recovery aka Bernard Road Incinerator in Sheffield's case.

He makes reference to http://www.yellgroup.com website

Like Strix said, recycling paper and plastic is more damaging to the environment and costs more to the taxpayer than using sustainable resources. Some things are worth recycling though, aluminium is one.

Onyx says: (http://www.letssortitsheffield.org/home.asp) (click on "recycling" and then on "paper")

"Once collected, paper and card from your bin is taken to the Onyx operated Materials Recycling Facility (MRF) at Beighton where it is sorted according to quality and type. The paper is then sent off for reprocessing into new paper products."

On the phone Onyx said that the backs need ripping off yellow pages and then the paper goes for re-use processing.

I still await a reply from the council recycling officer. I'll let you know what she says.

Update: 100% confirmation from, Recycling Officer, that all paper & card (including Yellow Pages) in the blue bins gets sorted and then sent to different (paper or card) re-use processors. Green Party did not contact her before writing. Response being sent to Star. Yell Group being re-advised of ambiguity on their website.

Originally posted by fyybj
Like Strix said, recycling paper and plastic is more damaging to the environment and costs more to the taxpayer than using sustainable resources. Some things are worth recycling though, aluminium is one. I didn't say plastic was :mad: and I think there should be a tax on plastic packaging at source!! That'd give us something to think about when making our purchases in the supermarket!
Plastic wrapped veg? WHY???

There was some issue on the forum last summer posted by 'howy' that the blue bin contents where been sent to landfill

.......Sound like some bitter twisted fool, nope, I am as sharp as razors, the reason I posting here for all to see, is that Onyx have a second company collect the cardboard, and wait for it, its goes to a land fill tip, not to be recycled, like we were informed!.......
I contacted a local councillor about this who said she 'had her suspicions' and was trying to gain access to the beighton site for an inspection... never did get back to me...

here:
http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14724&highlight=onyx+blue+bins

If they were going to Beighton recycling site we'd have loads of these lorries rumbling past our house all day. Not so. Never seen one at the site whilst I've been dumping plastics in the recycling. There just isn't the capacity at Beighton for such a facility.

What's going on? :suspect:

If they're burning it, I'll start using the blue bin, but only if the CHP thing is still going. The pipes running alongside the railway have been cisconnected for years :suspect:

You may be confusing the Beighton Road Recycling Site at Woodhouse with the Onyx £2 million Materials Recycling Facility at Beighton.

http://www.onyx-environnement.com/en/actualites/actualites_archives.html

or are they one and the same???

That sounds more like it .... Thanks:thumbsup:

Originally posted by cgksheff
You may be confusing the Beighton Road Recycling Site at Woodhouse with the Onyx £2 million Materials Recycling Facility at Beighton.

http://www.onyx-environnement.com/en/actualites/actualites_archives.html

Well calling the site in Woodhouse 'Beighton' anything isn't confusing at all, is it? :suspect:

That's a relief! :)

I came across this thread while I was searching for something else but I felt I had to respond to Strix's comments about paper recycling. I strongly dispute your opinion that binning paper is the more environmentally friendly thing to do.

To decide which option is the most environmentally friendly you have to look at a number of issues, pollution being one of many. Also, you cannot look at the results of one study, you have to look at numerous studies across the whole picture. Friends of the Earth have produced a paper called Paper Recycling: Exposing the Myths which looks at paper recycling across the board and reaches the conclusion that recycling paper has an overall benefit to the environment:

http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/briefings/paper_recycling.html

Here at the university, we use Evolve recycled paper which uses biodegradable cleaners and chlorine-free bleaches in the recycling process:

http://www.evolve-papers.com/en/index.php?item=work_smart_tips&sub=faqs

Although I don't have any figures to hand, I do not believe that even the majority of paper produced in the UK comes from a sustainable source. See http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/uk_paper_companies_support.html as an example. Even if it was the case that using sustainable paper was better than recycling it, paper is not currently a sustainable source.

When paper is landfilled it releases methane, the most potent greenhouse gas, thus contributing disproportionately to climate change. According to Onyx Sheffield (http://www.onyxsheffield.co.uk/whathappensenergy.asp) 43% of waste is incinerated, thus when paper is binned by residents a significant amount is ending up in landfill.

I respect your right to express your opinion, but we need to be encouraging people to recycle. Although recycling is simple many people do not bother because they find it "too much hassle", even with a blue bin. Stating that recycling paper is environmentally damaging confuses the issue and provides people with an excuse not to act. However, if you can show me the evidence for your opinion I'll be happy to reconsider my views.

Respectfully,

Anna