1Hello, how may I help you?
2Well, I've been seeing these yellow boxes in front of a lot of houses in my neighbourhood.
3just wondered what they were for.
4I noticed your phone number on all of them, so I called.
5Could you tell me about your business?
6We do do recycling, but we're not a business.
7Gaea's Guardians is a non-profit group.
8We encourage recycling as a way of protecting the environment.
9I don't know.
10I mean it is a good idea.
11But I really don't read the newspaper every day or anything.
12And we don't come collect newspapers every day!
13In fact, we only do pickups every other week.
14Oh, well then maybe I could help.
15I mean in my neighbourhood, there's too much rubbish lying around everywhere.
16I'd like to help out, I guess.
17That's great, sir.
18You're doing the right thing.
19OK, I need to get your contact information.
20What's your name, please?
21Peter Wisrough.
22Peter... how do you spell your last name?
23Wisrow?
24No, actually it's Wisrough.
25Oh, I'm sorry. I'm a terrible speller.
26You're a good speller.
27It's just that my family are terrible pronouncers!
28You're quite a card, Peter!
29OK, now what's your address?
30No. 168 Bridge Road.
31That's here in London.
32How about if I have any questions?
33I'm sending you a copy of our booklet, too.
34The booklet has our phone number and our e-mail address,
35helpline@blackcat.com,
36that's helpline@blackcat.com
37But I nearly forgot to ask, what's your postcode?
38BS97PU.
39PS97BU?
40No. That's B as in "boy" S-9-7-P as in "Peter" U.
41So, I'm guessing those yellow boxes I saw are for recycled newspapers?
42Yes, that is correct, and it's free of charge.
43Wow, that's good news!
44Do you recycle anything besides newspaper?
45Oh yes, we recycle most everything.
46Glass, plastic, paper...
47Oh, so I can put like glass and plastic bottles in the box?
48Sorry again. Things like that you have to bring to our collection centre
49And where is that?
50Our main centre isn't that far from you.
51It's actually right on the East Side of Central Park.
52That new blue building?
53That's the one!
54Cool. Hey, what's with all those different coloured boxes outside that place?
55Oh, that's for the different materials we recycle.
56The blue is for metal, the green is for glass and plastics,
57and the yellow of course is for paper.
58Hmm, okay. I'll try and manage to keep all that straight.
59Oh, no need, they're each labelled.
60Great. So which one would I put magazines in?
61Actually, they don't go in any of the bins.
62Unfortunately, magazines can't be recycled because of the material they're made of.
63It's such a waste.
64So would you be interested in volunteering?
65Um, I'll think about it.
66Could you send me some more info?
67Absolutely.
68Along with the newspaper box, I'll be sending you our booklet,
69"Savvy", that is S-A-V-V-Y.
70It tells you about what you can do to protect the environment in your daily life.
71Plus it lists things you can do as a volunteer with our group.
72Hey, that's cool, thanks!
73My pleasure.
74Do you have any other questions or concerns?
75Nope, that's it!