Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall

Paper Recycling Program

Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall is now helping Carnegie to recycle newspapers, magazines, catalogs, and other paper products.
 

Please bring your catalogs, magazines, newspapers, and mail to the library and place them in the Abitibi Paper Retriever®. This bright green and yellow container is located three quarters of the way around the driveway from the Library entrance, in the area way between the Children's Room and the Music Hall.
 

 You can save the Borough from paying for curb-side pickup of newspapers by bringing your newspapers to the library.  Leaving your newspapers at the curb for recycling is good, but bringing them to the library when you are coming this way is even better.
 

Recycle Management Corp., 73-A West Noblestown Road, will recycle phone books.
  

Watch this 30 second TV commercial
 

Fun Facts About Paper Recycling

• One ton of recycled paper saves 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space, 4100 kw hours of electricity (enough to heat a home for 6 months or run a television for 41 hours)
• De-inked paper fiber is the most efficient source of fiber for the manufacturing of new paper products; one ton of de-inked pulp saves over 7000 gallons of water, 390 gallons of oil, and reduces air emissions by 60 lbs compared to traditional virgin fiber processes
• Enough paper is collected for recycling each year to make a box-car train 7,600 miles long
• Everyday Americans buy 62 million newspapers and throw out 44 million
• One ton of recycled paper uses: 64% less energy, 50% less water, 74% less air pollution and creates 5 times more jobs than one ton of paper products from virgin wood pulp