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Through December 31, recycle your old phone books at any Scolari’s, Sak ‘N Save, AT&T offices or various park locations. All recycled phone books are used to create new phone books. Make sure to check out the Recycling Guide in your new AT&T Real Yellow Pages and learn how you can “opt out” of getting future phone books. If you would like to find out what phone books are being delivered to your household or want to stop receiving your directory visit the Yellow Pages Association and click on Consumer Choice. AT&T Project Redirectory runs from November 16 through December 31, 2009. Phone books can be recycled at any Scolari’s, Sak ‘N Save, AT&T office, Recycle America or on top of your curbside recyclables. And for every ton of phone books recycled at one of listed participating park locations below AT&T will donate 17 trees to local parks. City of Sparks Drop-Off Sites: Alf Sorenson Community Center – 1400 Baring Boulevard, Sparks City Hall – 431 Prater Way, Sparks Fire Station #5 – 6490 Vista Boulevard, Sparks Sparks Marina – 300 Howard Drive, Sparks Sparks Parks and Recreation – 98 Richards Way, Sparks Washoe County Drop-Off Sites: Bartley Ranch Regional Park – 6000 Bartley Ranch Road, Reno Lazy 5 Regional Park – 7100 Pyramid Lake Highway, Spanish Springs North Valley’s Sports Complex – 8085 Silver Lake Road, Stead (Reno) Rancho San Rafael Regional Park – 1595 North Sierra Street, Reno Sun Valley Community Park – 115 West 6th Avenue, Sun Valley South Valley’s Library – 15650 Wedge Parkway, Reno City of Reno Drop-Off Sites: Fire Station #14 – 12300 Old Virginia Road, Reno Evelyn Mount Northeast Community Center – 1301 Valley Road, Reno Neil Rd. Recreation Center – 3925 Neil Road, Reno Northwest Pool – 2925 Apollo Way, Reno Reno Tennis Center – 2601 Plumas Street, Reno Last year AT&T Project Redirectory collected 100 tons of phone books in the Truckee Meadows! These phone books were recycled into new phone books for other communities.

Houston, Dallas and Las Vegas top the list for most Energy Star homes. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today reaches a milestone for the Energy Star program by passing the 1 millionth Energy Star qualified home mark. With more than 15,000 partners in sectors all across the economy, Energy Star has been enormously successful at saving consumers money by reducing the energy usage of products used in the home and office everyday. Since the program began labeling new homes in 1995, Americans have saved $1.2 billion on their energy bills, and reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 22 billion pounds. This year alone, families living in Energy Star qualified homes will save more than $270 million on their utility bills, while avoiding greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to those from about 370,000 vehicles. “This is an amazing achievement for the Energy Star program — but the real winners are the 1 million American families who have the chance to save money and keep harmful pollution out of the air. That’s great news for anyone who wants to cut costs and protect our planet,” said EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson. “We’re going to keep the number of Energy Star homes growing, because every new Energy Star home is a step towards lower costs, cleaner air, and communities that are environmentally and economically sustainable. We’re giving everyday American homebuyers the power to lower their bills and join the fight against climate change.” To earn the Energy Star label, a home must meet strict energy efficiency guidelines set by EPA. Those guidelines can be met through established, reliable building techniques available to most middle-class American homeowners. Those include effective insulation systems, high-performance windows, tight construction and ducts, efficient heating and cooling equipment, and high-efficiency lighting and appliances. In addition, an independent home energy rater conducts onsite testing and inspections to verify that the home’s performance meets Energy Star requirements. There are more than 6,500 builders across the nation building homes that earn the Energy Star label and qualified new homes can be found in every state in the country. The top 20 markets for Energy Star qualified homes built to date include: Houston, Texas; Dallas, Texas; Las Vegas, Nev.; Phoenix, Ariz.; Greater Los Angeles, Calif.; New York, N.Y.; Tucson, Ariz.; San Antonio, Texas; Sacramento, Calif.; San Diego, Calif.; Columbus, Ohio; Des Moines, Iowa; Indianapolis, Ind.; Austin, Texas; Philadelphia, Pa.; San Francisco, Calif.; Boston, Mass.; Denver, Colo.; Orlando, Fla.; and Oklahoma City, Okla. More information about the features and benefits of Energy Star qualified homes and participating builders click on the link.

EPA is moving forward to protect public health by revoking tolerances for the pesticide carbofuran, stating that dietary exposures to carbofuran do not meet today’s rigorous food-safety standards. Since the tolerances are being revoked, EPA reminds growers that carbofuran should not be applied to any food crops after December 31, 2009 and encourages growers to switch from carbofuran to safer pesticides or other environmentally preferable pest control strategies. Use of carbofuran after this date could be subject to enforcement by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. For more information, click on the link: test

Nearly three-quarters of an estimated 12 million Americans who heat their homes with wood stoves each winter, do not use EPA certified stoves. EPA’s Burn Wise campaign encourages homeowners to use EPA-certified wood stoves or to follow EPA’s recommendations to reduce wood smoke pollution emitted from older, uncertified models by burning only dry, seasoned wood, maintaining your wood stove or fireplace with a certified yearly inspection, and changing to an EPA-certified wood stove or fireplace insert. Wood smoke is mixture of gases and fine particle pollution unhealthy to breathe indoors or out, especially for children, older adults and those with heart disease, asthma or lung diseases. More information is available on the Burn Wise site; click on the link below:

EPA has launched a new website providing information on the effectiveness and safety of (skin-applied) registered insecticide products, available for sale in the marketplace. It will help consumers make better choices to protect themselves from the potential toxic effects that may come from insecticide over-application/misuse. The website also contains information on safe use of insecticides against vector-borne diseases such as West Nile virus and Lyme disease (a seasonally longer period of use including the fall and early winter), as well as personal protection measures. The web page can be accessed by clicking on the link below.