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The new Recycle Today: 2012 Pinellas County Recycling Directory has just been released. The directory is packed with the latest information about how to recycle in Pinellas County including local options for recycling cans, bottles, paper, yard waste, electronics, chemicals, motor oil, cooking oil and much more. Find out what’s new in 2012, such as expanded recycling programs for plastics #1-7 in Tarpon Springs, Oldsmar and Gulfport. In addition, pizza boxes and plastic bottle caps may now be recycled.

Free copies of the new directory are available in local newspapers. The directory will be distributed with the inserts in the Sunday, Jan. 15 edition of the Tampa Bay Times (formerly the St. Petersburg Times) and The Tampa Tribune. Copies will also be distributed in the Thursday, Jan. 19 edition of The Weekly Challenger newspaper. After Jan. 16, citizens can pick up a free copy at local libraries, Sweetbay stores, Nature’s Food Patch Market or Pinellas County drop-off recycling centers. The directory may be viewed online at www.pinellascounty.org/recycle.

Recycle Today is published by Pinellas County Solid Waste each year to make recycling easier by providing detailed and updated information on local programs, including:

• How to participate in recycling programs offered in the 24 municipalities plus the unincorporated areas of Pinellas County
• Where to drop off household hazardous waste such as TVs, computers or paint
• How to prepare items for recycling
• Where to pick up free recycled mulch
• How to access the online A to Z Guide for Recycling & Disposal (listing over 250 items)
• Answers to the most frequently asked questions on recycling
• Dates and locations of recycling events for the whole family

For more information about recycling, visit www.pinellascounty.org/recycle or call (727) 464-7500.

Source: www.pinellascounty.org/utilities

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