ANN ARBORWASTE WATCHER Current Events k. Residents may recycle phone books at all seven area Kroger stores and at the Recycling Drop-Off Sta- tion on 2050 South Industrial during a three-week collection period this fall. The phone books will be made into insulation and " hydroseed mulch," a mixture of grass seed, shredded paper, fertilizer and water that is sprayed over soil to produce lawns. Kroger stores will also col- lect and recycle the phone books' plastic shrink-wrap. Dubbed " DirectoRecycle," the campaign involves Ameritech Publishing Inc., Kroger, Pepsi-Cola, Recycle Ann Arbor, the City of Ann Arbor and Nu Wool. A special drop-off program for large quanti- ties of phonebooks from Ann Arbor business complexes is being funded by the City of Ann Arbor. For more information on the phone book col- lection program, please call Recycle Ann Arbor at 971-7400. Street 1; 1 Collection Prog'ra T Rns TIrough N ernb er Unless a heavy snowfall forces the City's trucks to haul snow instead of leaves for a few days, the street leaf pickup program will clear all City streets twice this fall accord- ing to the published schedule. Leaf collection schedules have been printed in theAnn Arbor Observerin October and November and in the Ann Arbor News on October 12 and October 29. If you missed these schedules, call the Solid Waste De- partment at 994-2807 for your leaf collection day. Please rake your leaves into the street by 7 a.m. on the scheduled collection day. To prevent potential fires, do not park cars with catalytic converters over dry leaves. Please remind children not to play in street leaves. Cars will be towed if parked on streetsbetween7a.m. and3p.m. in posted areas. These posted areas are in the downtown and campus areas. The Leaf Collection Hotline, 994-2827, gives a recording of currently posted tow-away streets and the locations of the leaf collec- tion trucks. Weekly Yard Waste Collection Program Ends November 30, Starts Again April 1 The City's weekly curbside yard waste collection program is provided during Michigan's grow-* ing season, from April 1 through November 30. There will be no curbside pickup of yard wastes from December through March. Please keep these materials until April or use them in your home compost pile (see pages 6-7 on how to compost). Yard wastes are also accepted year- round at the Ann Arbor LandfillO Drop-Off Site on Platt Road near East Ellsworth, 994-2723. Junior League Promotes Recycling The Junior League of Ann Arbor is promoting recycling in the Ann Arbor schools. Members com- piled and distributed a Recycling Activity Packet to all Ann Arbor school teachers in September and are planning to provide a periodic newsletter with more recycling edu- cation ideas. The Junior League also sponsored scholarships for 30 bus trips to the new Recycling and Education Station at 2050 South Industrial. Thank you! Pumpkins Halloween pumpkins will be accepted with the weekly yard waste collection program through Novem- ber 30, 1991. Pumpkins may also be placed with the fall street leaves. Ann Arbor Waste Watcher Fall/Winter 1991/92 page 2 Ann Arbor Waste Watcher Fall/Winter 1991192 page 2