The fall season brings a new set of telephone books to most Miami-Dade residents.

The Miami-Dade Department of Solid Waste Management is reminding residents they can recycle their old phone books, rather than just throw them away.

Each ton of phone books recycled can save 17 trees, Solid Waste Director Kathleen Woods-Richardson said.

Recycling phone books saves more than just trees. According to the U.S. EPA, each ton of recycled phone books can:

• Save enough energy to power the average American home for half a year.

• Save 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space.

• Save 7,000 gallons of water.

• Reduce greenhouse gas emissions by one metric ton of carbon equivalent.

Miami-Dade's single-stream recycling program, started in June 2008, simplifies recycling by allowing residents to place all their recyclables into one wheeled cart.

For more information, call 3-1-1 or visit www.miamidade.gov/dswm/.

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