The council's website still says at http://www.barking-dagenham.gov.uk/8-leisure-envir/refuse/recycling-orange.html that Yellow Pages shouldn't be put in the orange recycling bags. I thought this had cahnged, but couldn't find out where I heard if from, so I contacted Shanks East London and got this response:
"Thanks for your enquiry, Yellow Pages can now be recycled in your Orange Recycling Bags, Apologies for the mix up i will get this looked into and get this changed as soon as possible.
Many thanks
Kind regards,
Rickelle Bettinelli
Communications Administrator
Shanks East London
Tel: 01708 634 540".
Of course the best thing to do is to contact Yellow Pages (Customer Service Team on 0800 555 444) and ask them not to deliver you a copy in the first place. I did this and it works.
Showing posts with label Yellow Pages. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yellow Pages. Show all posts
Friday, 30 April 2010
Thursday, 26 March 2009
No Yellow Pages
There was a distribution of Yellow Pages directories today and I didn't get one! This must have been because I have been taken off their distribution list as requested.
The YP Customer Service Team is on 0800 555 444.
The YP Customer Service Team is on 0800 555 444.
Friday, 2 January 2009
Recycling
Prompted by a questionnaire from GLA Member John Biggs, I've been checking up the latest recycling position in B and D. The council's website was out-of-date and therefore in some aspects wrong when I looked on Christmas Eve.
Yellow Pages
if you haven't got yourself off the distribution list for a printed YP (see http://stibasa.blogspot.com/2008/05/paper-yellow-pages-no-more.html) then you should recycle your copy. You can now put YP in the orange bags (the bags say "directories") or you can take them to Jenkins Lane / Frizlands Lane. The council website incorrectly said that YP cannot be recycled.
Fruit juice cartons (Tetra paks) and similar
John Biggs assistant told (wrongly) me that these cannot be put into B and D's recycling schemes. There is a eurobin for them in Axe St and also one in the Tesco car park not far from the Town Quay.
Plastic
John Biggs' questionnaire said that all plastic can be recycled. I'm told that's not true even in theory. It certainly isn't in practice in B and D. In an e-mail his assistant wrote:
"the orange bag collection can take hard plastics (eg plastic bottles), but not soft plastics (eg wrappings, yoghurt pots)". I'm not sure how you tell hard from soft plastic if yoghurt pots come under soft - also I'm not sure if plastic can be recycled through other routes; one of the bins near where I live is labelled 'cans and plastic' (or similar).
Carrier bags
Tesco's have a hopper for these at their Highbridge Road branch. The council's website doesn't mention this - perhaps because they only mention recycling that they provide. Bit silly.
Orange bags
The council's website has a page headed: Recycling, Orange bags, what can be recycled. This is misleading as it means "what can be put in the orange bags." They need to sort this page out. If we want to know whow we can recycle things that can't go in the orange bag, the same page should tell us how / where.
Yellow Pages
if you haven't got yourself off the distribution list for a printed YP (see http://stibasa.blogspot.com/2008/05/paper-yellow-pages-no-more.html) then you should recycle your copy. You can now put YP in the orange bags (the bags say "directories") or you can take them to Jenkins Lane / Frizlands Lane. The council website incorrectly said that YP cannot be recycled.
Fruit juice cartons (Tetra paks) and similar
John Biggs assistant told (wrongly) me that these cannot be put into B and D's recycling schemes. There is a eurobin for them in Axe St and also one in the Tesco car park not far from the Town Quay.
Plastic
John Biggs' questionnaire said that all plastic can be recycled. I'm told that's not true even in theory. It certainly isn't in practice in B and D. In an e-mail his assistant wrote:
"the orange bag collection can take hard plastics (eg plastic bottles), but not soft plastics (eg wrappings, yoghurt pots)". I'm not sure how you tell hard from soft plastic if yoghurt pots come under soft - also I'm not sure if plastic can be recycled through other routes; one of the bins near where I live is labelled 'cans and plastic' (or similar).
Carrier bags
Tesco's have a hopper for these at their Highbridge Road branch. The council's website doesn't mention this - perhaps because they only mention recycling that they provide. Bit silly.
Orange bags
The council's website has a page headed: Recycling, Orange bags, what can be recycled. This is misleading as it means "what can be put in the orange bags." They need to sort this page out. If we want to know whow we can recycle things that can't go in the orange bag, the same page should tell us how / where.
Monday, 19 May 2008
Paper Yellow Pages - no more
Following my request to Yellow Pages to not have the paper copy (see
http://stibasa.blogspot.com/2008/05/paper-yellow-pages.html) I received his reply.
"I have called our distribution centre and asked they take you off the delivery list.
Information concerning recycling can be found on the 'Essential Information' pages which can be found in all our Yellow Pages directories.
To locate your nearest facilities, click on 'Quick Find' and 'Where to recycle' at: www.yellgroup.com or call our Directory Recycling Helpline on 0800 671 444 Monday to Friday from 8.30am to 5.30pm.
Should you have any further enquiries please contact a member of our Customer Service Team on 0800 555 444.
Kind Regards,
Yell Customer Service Team"
I couldn't see anything called "quick find", but to search on line for where to recycle use this link: http://www.yellgroup.com/DR/english/74LGSF. For Barking it's Frizlands Lane, Dagenham or Jenkins Lane, Beckton
http://stibasa.blogspot.com/2008/05/paper-yellow-pages.html) I received his reply.
"I have called our distribution centre and asked they take you off the delivery list.
Information concerning recycling can be found on the 'Essential Information' pages which can be found in all our Yellow Pages directories.
To locate your nearest facilities, click on 'Quick Find' and 'Where to recycle' at: www.yellgroup.com or call our Directory Recycling Helpline on 0800 671 444 Monday to Friday from 8.30am to 5.30pm.
Should you have any further enquiries please contact a member of our Customer Service Team on 0800 555 444.
Kind Regards,
Yell Customer Service Team"
I couldn't see anything called "quick find", but to search on line for where to recycle use this link: http://www.yellgroup.com/DR/english/74LGSF. For Barking it's Frizlands Lane, Dagenham or Jenkins Lane, Beckton
Wednesday, 14 May 2008
Paper Yellow Pages
I've sent this query to Yellow Pages:
"How do I stop being sent a paper YP each year? All I do is throw it away as I use the internet to look up anything I want. I’m not supposed to put the old copy in the normal recycling bins and taking it to a special recycling place is very inconvenient.
Copies also get left outside unoccupied properties and if neighbours like me don’t deal with them they can end up as litter in the street.
This is very wasteful and I’m not happy about it. I believe I have the right not to be sent things I don’t want. At the very least you should make the YP recyclable but preferably you should only send them to those who ask for them."
"How do I stop being sent a paper YP each year? All I do is throw it away as I use the internet to look up anything I want. I’m not supposed to put the old copy in the normal recycling bins and taking it to a special recycling place is very inconvenient.
Copies also get left outside unoccupied properties and if neighbours like me don’t deal with them they can end up as litter in the street.
This is very wasteful and I’m not happy about it. I believe I have the right not to be sent things I don’t want. At the very least you should make the YP recyclable but preferably you should only send them to those who ask for them."
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