Comments on: How can I reuse or recycle phone books & Yellow Pages?

By: chezan

chezan — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:33:57 +0000

Tear pages up into strips then glue them together in several flat layers in a random pattern onto an “untorn” page. Dry flat, when dry cut out shapes for mobiles, greeting cards etc….

By: chezan

chezan — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:28:22 +0000

We were told by our council last year that yellow pages is now accepted for recycling….worth checking with your local council!

By: Uluska

Uluska — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:33:27 +0000

Crumple the pages and stuff with them shoos for storage.

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By: Jen

Jen — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:47:05 +0000

I use them under my dogs dish, why pay 40 bucks for a fancy dog dish when you have free phone books lying around. My Mom came up with this a few years ago when our Beagle Toby had a pinched nerve. The vet told her to buy a bowl stand. She got creative and now whenever the phone books come I just switch out the old with new ones. You can wrap them in plastic to help them last longer under water bowls. The small ones work great for cat dishes as well.

By: Tomsgran

Tomsgran — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 09:40:29 +0000

Yellow pages are great for pressing flowers. The paper is absorbent and the size and shape means you can add weights on the closed book.

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17 Creative Things to Do with Phone Books « blog punya agam — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 11:43:02 +0000

[...] Repurpose: As they say, “One man’s trash is a Green Cheapskate’s treasure.” Here are some creative reuses for old phone books and Yellow Pages. [...]

By: chez

chez — Mon, 30 May 2011 00:44:58 +0000

I tear mine up and put them in the compost bin with my used tea bags, veg and fruit peel etc.

By: imrah

imrah — Sun, 29 May 2011 10:49:48 +0000

how do you make telephone directory pages

By: imrah

imrah — Sun, 29 May 2011 10:48:03 +0000

i was wondering how do you recycle paper

By: Cortney West

Cortney West — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 09:40:24 +0000

http://www.chicaandjo.com/2009/02/24/recycle-phone-book-into-pen-organizer/

By: modelallylane

modelallylane — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 01:34:17 +0000

That is really odd, but I guess if it works. I would be afraid it would leave some ink on your behind!

By: jeanette

jeanette — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 21:22:44 +0000

How in the world do you make a pencil holder out of a phone book to make it look like a flower. I can’t even picture it. thank you

By: Estelle

Estelle — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:12:48 +0000

If I have used a frying pan and it is left with grease in it, instead of washing it down the sink, I tend to soak up a bit of the grease with a page or two of newspaper or an old yellow pages directory. This means that less grease goes into the water, into the pipes and when I wash the pan, I need less soap. It also means we don’t use kitchen/paper towels for that, which means less buying of that product in the end too. I don’t know if this all works out as a better option for the environment, but I hope so.

By: recycler

recycler — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 01:43:19 +0000

i make phone book x-mas trees around the holidays
you simply fold the pages, including the covers, in half on the diagonal(top left corner to bottom right corner). When completed the front and back covers were taped together and it formed a cone shape. Then we would spray paint them green, then add glitter, those little lick-and-stick stars, etc.

By: I WUV MY MUM

I WUV MY MUM — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 11:47:54 +0000

Im turning mine into a pencil holder in the shape of a flower…But the guy that uses it for toilit paper was pretty funny!!

By: Margo

Margo — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:23:26 +0000

They are very good as bases and pads for pounding or hammering anything, like cracking nuts, or anything that would leave a dent in the surface you are pounding on.

By: donna

donna — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:10:01 +0000

I had to laugh when I read your post, use them as toilet paper. If we still had outhouses, it would be a good idea. When I was growing up, years ago, we used old Sears catalog as toilet paper. It was so nice when they invented toilet paper and when we could afford to buy it. Kinda sounds like now, doesn’t it.

By: Dave G.

Dave G. — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:28:47 +0000

my favorite thing to do with old phone books is use them as toilet paper. They are septic safe and as expensive as toilet paper is nowadays, a very cheap alternative. I keep two or three old books right on the floor next to the toilet.

By: Po

Po — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:07:27 +0000

Try this if u have a lot of xtra time as well.. U take two old yellow pages books, flip each one all the way to the back, and page by page overlap them on each other all the way throughout the book. Then take some duct tape and tape them around the middle where they overlap so when u pull on them the pages wont pop up and release. Now take two people and ask them to try and pull them back apart! It is humanly impossible, as they did the same thing on Mythbusters and they used fork lifts to try and pull them apart and they still couldnt do it! Its funny to watch people who think they are really strong to try and pull them apart and not be able to… try it! When u have gotten all the fun u have out of it then u can still use them for any of these other listed practical reasons!

By: nyphonejacks

nyphonejacks — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 06:18:59 +0000

use to line the bottom of the bird cage… or for other pets cages…

By: dffgd

dffgd — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:18:48 +0000

That applies to any paper.

By: dffgd

dffgd — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:16:05 +0000

paper airplanes are definitely a good use for any spare paper that is in relatively good shape

By: EmoAngel

EmoAngel — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:28:44 +0000

my ideas are:
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tear out pages & put under any paper to paint or glue on w/o big mess
do the same as above but use for pumpkin carving
make paper airplanes
make creative cards & more out of different pages

By: Yuseff

Yuseff — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:13:48 +0000

If anyone has any they would like to dispose of in Yorkshire that are under 18 months old I will more than happily take them off you hands and will collect them if required as they will be really useful to me!

By: alison bailey smith

alison bailey smith — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:07:27 +0000

Apparently the pink pages of the Financial Times is also very good.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:10:53 +0000

You should try saving them until the holidays come up. Using tons of the pages for stuffing paper or whenever you have something valuable you dont want getting damaged.

By: Vie

Vie — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:18:55 +0000

If you go to Apartment Therapy.com and surf around the site you will find some really neat reuse for the yellow pages, coffee table, and side tables very clever.
And why yellow? Why not recycled what ever?

By: Demelza

Demelza — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:17:13 +0000

I was interested to read this thread, even though it was started a while back, as I work for Yell, publisher of Yellow Pages directories in the UK.

It is a myth that old Yellow Pages directories cannot be recycled because of the glue or the dye – the base white paper and colour surface ink wash has enabled the directories to be recycled into products such as newsprint, cardboard, packaging, egg boxes, insulation and animal bedding for many years.

Almost all – 99% of UK local authorities offer opportunities for recycling of old Yellow Pages directories – the easiest option is kerbside collection – 98% of local authorities currently provide this option.

The directories are actually a very significant source of sales leads for many small businesses and an important way for them to promote themselves. Of course, we also have the online version – http://www.yell.com – and the telephone service – 118 24 7 – for people wishing to find local businesses and information via other ways.

To find out how to recycle your old directory in your area, visit: http://www.yellgroup.com/recycling

Hope this helps.

By: Rachel thomas

Rachel thomas — Wed, 27 May 2009 11:17:06 +0000

booster seats! just put a stretched out book cover over them and have the kids sit on them at dinner time