Why wont the recycle paper collector not take my old yellow pages away?

Question

ive put it in the kirbit these last 3 weeks but they always take the rest of the paper but leave my old yellow page, has this happened to you

Answer 1

The yellow colour and the amount of print contaminates the better quality waste paper so reducing the value of the whole load.

Answer 2

Recycling paper is a waste of time and effort, it costs more carbon wise to clean and re-use paper than it does to use raw soft wood pulp, a good environmentaly managed product. Yellow pages are made from recycled pulp, so are useless for re-cycling, as they are also dyed, which would use more chemicals to prepare for what is worthless fibres.

the only good use for re-cycled pulp is the middles of cardboard cartons.