Has it happened to you yet this year? Because it’s already happened to us. In bulk. One day a phone book appeared in our driveway, uninvited, wrapped not only in cellophane, but also a plastic bag. Then the next day it happened again. This cycle repeated for several days, amassing quite the load of paper in our recycling bin.
Photo credit: CogDogBlog (who also got 7 phone books) on Flickr
Seriously, people, WHAT THE HECK is up with 7 phone books? When did we go from getting one white pages telephone book, and one yellow pages, to getting 6 or 7 phone books of all sorts? Without asking for them? And why, in the day of iPhones and SmartPhones and internet everywhere, do we still distribute them? It really bugs me, because all that paper is going straight to the recycling. Chances are, unless you’re quite old and don’t own a computer, you probably don’t use a phone book anymore.
The good news is you can opt out of receiving them and hopefully help to save a tree or two. Hop on over to the Yellow Pages Association and opt out in just a few easy steps.
6 Comments
Thank you for posting this! Ours always hit the recycling too, and it drives me nuts.
Good to know!!!!! I get so effing angry when I see a phone book on my doorstep. it’s a waste of time, money, advertising, paper, ink, and energy. Thanks for the link
This drives me crazy too! I actually opted out about a year ago, and was so happy! And then one appeared on my stoop last week. Doh. Looks like I’ll have to re-opt out!
Oh, I so agree about the waste. But must share that my husband still needs to have a phone book. He has his very own laptop and knows how to look things up, but he just prefers looking things up in the paper phone book. (Yes, he is a dinosaur, but a hunky one!) That said, he only needs ONE phone book for this. And we too seem to get numerous books from different companies. Not sure how to fix this problem. Perhaps, before we put them in the recycling we should look at the book, see what companies are paying for advertising and call them or email them to let them know they are wasting their advertising dollars?
I had no idea you could opt out! I have to do this too, I hate all the phone books we get.
Thanks for the links. OPTED OUT!!!