BA/Ph.books.pr                           Contact: Tom Kusterer, 301-217-6672

PHONE BOOK RECYCLING PROGRAM
TO END ON JANUARY 5, 1996           For Immediate Release: December 15, 1995


      Residents are reminded that this year's telephone book recycling program
ends on Friday, January 5, 1996.
      Books that are dry and free of plastic wrapping may be dropped off at
the bins found at any one of the following sites around the County: Damascus
Shopping Center Safeway; Cloverly Safeway; Sugarloaf Shopping Center Seven-
Eleven; Aspen Hill K-Mart; Gaithersburg Public Library; Chevy Chase Public
Library; Derwood, Montgomery County Transfer Station/Recycling Center; Silver
Spring, Southeast Recycling Corporation; Potomac Community Center; Poolesville
Senior High School; and Little Falls Mall.
      For further information, including hours of operation at the drop-off
sites, call the Recycling Hotline -- 590-0046 -- weekdays from 1 to 4 p.m. or
the Recycling Information Line at 217-2870 anytime.