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RESIDENTS CAN RECYCLE                   
PHONE BOOKS AT 10 LOCATIONS          For Immediate Release: Sept. 20, 1996 


     Residents can recycle telephone books at any one of 10 conveniently located
drop-off points around the County, from September 24, 1996 through January 3,
1997.  Books to be recycled must be dry and free of plastic wrapping.
     In each of the past two years, County residents have recycled about 500
tons of phone books.  Recycling the old directories prevents them from being
disposed of at the landfill.
     The program is supported by the County's Division of Solid Waste Services,
in partnership with:  Bell Atlantic, Reuben H. Donnelley, Safeway, K-Mart, Seven-
Eleven, Dunhill Management Group, Cynwyd Investments, W.C. and A.N. Miller
Realtors, as well as the Montgomery County Department of Public Libraries, the
County Department of Recreation, and the Town of Poolesville.
     For information on locations and hours of acceptance, call the Recycling
Hotline -- 590-0046 -- Monday through Friday, 1-4 p.m., or call the Recycling
Information Line at 217-2870.  
Note to editors:  A list of locations and hours is attached.

1996 Telephone Book Recycling Dropoff Locations

     Safeway in the Damascus Shopping Center
     9815 Main Street
     Damascus
     Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday

     Safeway in Cloverly
     15449 New Hampshire Avenue
     Cloverly
     Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday
     
     Seven-Eleven in the Sugarloaf Shopping Center
     13069 Wisteria Drive
     Germantown
     Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday

     K-Mart in Aspen Hill
     14014 Connecticut Avenue
     Silver Spring
     Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m., Monday - Saturday
           8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Sunday
     (please do not place telephone books in shopping carts or near the store
     front when the recycling bin is closed) 

     Chevy Chase Public Library
     8005 Connecticut Avenue
     Chevy Chase
     Hours: 1:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m., Monday and Wednesday
           10:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday
           10:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Friday
           9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Saturday
           
     Montgomery County Transfer Station/Recycling Center
     Route 355 and Shady Grove Road
     Derwood
     Hours: 7:30 a.m. - 8:00 p.m., Monday - Friday
           7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Saturday
           9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Sunday

     Southeast Recycling Corporation
     9001 Brookeville Road
     Silver Spring
     Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Monday - Friday
           8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m., Saturday
     (please call Southeast Recycling at 589-4002 at least one hour before
     delivery if you are bringing more than 75 telephone books)

     Potomac Community Center
     11315 Falls Road
     Potomac
     Hours: 9 a.m. - 8 p.m., every day except Friday and Sunday
            12 noon - 6 p.m., Sunday


     Poolesville Senior High School
     17501 Willard Road
     Poolesville
     Hours: 7 a.m. - 5 p.m.
     Sunday through Saturday

     Little Falls Mall
     Sangamore Road
     Bethesda
     Hours: 7 a.m. - 9 p.m
     Sunday through Saturday 

































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