| Hello, how may I help you? |
| Well, I've been seeing these yellow boxes in front of a lot of houses in my neighbourhood. |
| just wondered what they were for. |
| I noticed your phone number on all of them, so I called. |
| Could you tell me about your business? |
| We do do recycling, but we're not a business. |
| Gaea's Guardians is a non-profit group. |
| We encourage recycling as a way of protecting the environment. |
| I don't know. |
| I mean it is a good idea. |
| But I really don't read the newspaper every day or anything. |
| And we don't come collect newspapers every day! |
| In fact, we only do pickups every other week. |
| Oh, well then maybe I could help. |
| I mean in my neighbourhood, there's too much rubbish lying around everywhere. |
| I'd like to help out, I guess. |
| That's great, sir. |
| You're doing the right thing. |
| OK, I need to get your contact information. |
| What's your name, please? |
| Peter Wisrough. |
| Peter... how do you spell your last name? |
| Wisrow? |
| No, actually it's Wisrough. |
| Oh, I'm sorry. I'm a terrible speller. |
| You're a good speller. |
| It's just that my family are terrible pronouncers! |
| You're quite a card, Peter! |
| OK, now what's your address? |
| No. 168 Bridge Road. |
| That's here in London. |
| How about if I have any questions? |
| I'm sending you a copy of our booklet, too. |
| The booklet has our phone number and our e-mail address, |
| helpline@blackcat.com, |
| that's helpline@blackcat.com |
| But I nearly forgot to ask, what's your postcode? |
| BS97PU. |
| PS97BU? |
| No. That's B as in "boy" S-9-7-P as in "Peter" U. |
| So, I'm guessing those yellow boxes I saw are for recycled newspapers? |
| Yes, that is correct, and it's free of charge. |
| Wow, that's good news! |
| Do you recycle anything besides newspaper? |
| Oh yes, we recycle most everything. |
| Glass, plastic, paper... |
| Oh, so I can put like glass and plastic bottles in the box? |
| Sorry again. Things like that you have to bring to our collection centre |
| And where is that? |
| Our main centre isn't that far from you. |
| It's actually right on the East Side of Central Park. |
| That new blue building? |
| That's the one! |
| Cool. Hey, what's with all those different coloured boxes outside that place? |
| Oh, that's for the different materials we recycle. |
| The blue is for metal, the green is for glass and plastics, |
| and the yellow of course is for paper. |
| Hmm, okay. I'll try and manage to keep all that straight. |
| Oh, no need, they're each labelled. |
| Great. So which one would I put magazines in? |
| Actually, they don't go in any of the bins. |
| Unfortunately, magazines can't be recycled because of the material they're made of. |
| It's such a waste. |
| So would you be interested in volunteering? |
| Um, I'll think about it. |
| Could you send me some more info? |
| Absolutely. |
| Along with the newspaper box, I'll be sending you our booklet, |
| "Savvy", that is S-A-V-V-Y. |
| It tells you about what you can do to protect the environment in your daily life. |
| Plus it lists things you can do as a volunteer with our group. |
| Hey, that's cool, thanks! |
| My pleasure. |
| Do you have any other questions or concerns? |
| Nope, that's it! |