I don’t have a land line at my house. I shouldn’t get a phonebook. Or 3.
A week or so ago, The Talking Phone Book delivery guy showed up with TWENTY phone books. I told him we didn’t need so many, but they were already packaged together. Whatever. Maybe we can use them.
Then today The Real Yellow Page delivery guy showed up with 20 MORE phone books and an additional 10 of the mini version. Seriously? We have 50 phone books. We don’t even have 50 phones in building.
They probably called someone here and they told them to bring them by, but nobody really needs phone books anymore, if you have one that is from the past 3 years you should find the information you need. And really, if you have access to the internet you can find the information almost immediately. I’m not trying to put the phone book printers out of business, I’m just trying to reduce the numbers of books we have at our office…
If you live in Columbia, you can recycle your phone books in your recycling bins, or you can bring them by the following drop off locations from now until March 15, 2009:
- A Recycling Center – 1009 Fontaine Road, Columbia, SC 29223
- City of Cayce Public Safety Department – 1800 12th Street Extension, Cayce, SC 29171
- Blythewood Branch, US Post Office – 401 McNulty Street, Blythewood, SC 29016 (near the intersection of Blythewood Road and Boney Road)
- Clemson Sandhill Research and Education Center – Clemson Road across from the entrance to First Citizens and Regent Banks at the Village at Sandhill
- Forest Acres Recycling Facility – 3724 Covenant Road, Forest Acres, SC 29206
- Fort Jackson Recycling Center – Building #6568 on Lee Road, Fort Jackson, off Imboden Rd. Enter the Ft. through Forest Drive entrance; be prepared to show valid driver’s license, proof of insurance and current auto registration.
- Harbison Sam’s Club – 350 Harbison Blvd., Columbia, SC 29212
- Lexington County Collection and Recycling Centers – All 12 locations (Hours: Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat, 7:00 am to 7:00 pm; Sun, 3:00 to 7:00 pm)
- Lower Richland Recycling Drop-off Center – 10531 Garners Ferry Road (Hours: Mon – Sat, 8:00am to 7:00pm; Sun, 12:30 to 6:00pm)
- Richland County C&D Landfill – 1070 Caughman Road North (off Monticello Road), Columbia, SC 29203 (Hours: Mon – Fri, 8:00 am to 6:30 pm; Sat, 12:30 to 5:30 pm)
- Richland County Public Works – 400 Powell Road, Columbia, SC 29203 (Hours: Mon – Fri, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm)
- SC Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) – 2600 Bull Street, Columbia, SC 29201 (Bin located in the rear of parking lot next to City of Columbia’s recycling drop-off site.)
- University of South Carolina – parking lot at Gadsden and Greene Streets, caddy corner to Colonial Center parking lot
