http://www.commoncraft.com/blog-categories/advertising The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.commoncraft.com/how-stop-receiving-phone-books-and-yellow-pages <p>You've likely seen it before, you come home to find a bag of useless phonebooks on your porch. I realized recently that I haven't used a phonebook or yellowpages in <i>years</i> - I take them straight to recycling. They are dinosaurs.</p> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1127/1142561866_da931652f6_m.jpg" mce_src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1127/1142561866_da931652f6_m.jpg" alt=""></div> <p>This got me thinking<b> - shouldn't I be able to opt-out of automatic delivery?</b> Wouldn't there be a significant impact if everyone stopped receiving phonebooks and yellow pages? Apparently the major players pumped out <a href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/moreinfo.php" mce_href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/moreinfo.php">540 million directories this year</a>.</p> <p>This is insane and wasteful and I want people to know they can opt-out. Below are the numbers to call for the major distributors of phone books and yellow pages (none have online forms as far as I know). Simply call the numbers and tell them you want to opt-out of delivery - it takes a few minutes. I called all the ones below myself. </p> <p><b>AT&amp;T/YellowPages (formerly SBC and Bell South):</b></p> <p>1.800.792.2665</p> <p><b>Verizon (Idearc):</b></p> <p><strike>1.888.266.5965</strike> Out of Service<strike><br> </strike></p> <p><b>Dex:</b></p> <p>1.877.243.8339 </p> <p><b>Yellow Book:</b></p> <p>1.800.373.3280 or 1.800.373.2324 <p>The major players use a tactic called "saturation distribution" that means that you may get books even if you don't have a land line.</p> <p> <a href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/" mce_href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/">PaperlessPetition.org</a> is one of the only resources I found who is working on this issue. From their site:</p> <blockquote><p>...expedite an end to this needless environmental waste, educate consumers on <a href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/moreinfo.php#alternatives" mce_href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/moreinfo.php#alternatives">free and easy alternatives</a>, and shed light on the growing inaccuracy of readership statistics that drive advertisers to still invest in this antiquated medium. </p></blockquote> <p>If you're interested, you can get a badge <a href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/spreadtheword.php#banner" mce_href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/spreadtheword.php#banner">here</a>.</p> <p> <a href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/" mce_href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/"><img src="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/images/pp_120x30.gif" mce_src="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/images/pp_120x30.gif" alt="Click keys, save trees." height="30" width="120"></a></p> http://www.commoncraft.com/how-stop-receiving-phone-books-and-yellow-pages#comments advertising green home lesson Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:08:06 -0400 leelefever 1519 at http://www.commoncraft.com http://www.commoncraft.com/how-stop-receiving-phone-books-and-yellow-pages <p>You've likely seen it before, you come home to find a bag of useless phonebooks on your porch. I realized recently that I haven't used a phonebook or yellowpages in <i>years</i> - I take them straight to recycling. They are dinosaurs.</p> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1127/1142561866_da931652f6_m.jpg" mce_src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1127/1142561866_da931652f6_m.jpg" alt=""></div> <p>This got me thinking<b> - shouldn't I be able to opt-out of automatic delivery?</b> Wouldn't there be a significant impact if everyone stopped receiving phonebooks and yellow pages? Apparently the major players pumped out <a href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/moreinfo.php" mce_href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/moreinfo.php">540 million directories this year</a>.</p> <p>This is insane and wasteful and I want people to know they can opt-out. Below are the numbers to call for the major distributors of phone books and yellow pages (none have online forms as far as I know). Simply call the numbers and tell them you want to opt-out of delivery - it takes a few minutes. I called all the ones below myself. </p> <p><b>AT&amp;T/YellowPages (formerly SBC and Bell South):</b></p> <p>1.800.792.2665</p> <p><b>Verizon (Idearc):</b></p> <p><strike>1.888.266.5965</strike> Out of Service<strike><br> </strike></p> <p><b>Dex:</b></p> <p>1.877.243.8339 </p> <p><b>Yellow Book:</b></p> <p>1.800.373.3280 or 1.800.373.2324 <p>The major players use a tactic called "saturation distribution" that means that you may get books even if you don't have a land line.</p> <p> <a href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/" mce_href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/">PaperlessPetition.org</a> is one of the only resources I found who is working on this issue. From their site:</p> <blockquote><p>...expedite an end to this needless environmental waste, educate consumers on <a href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/moreinfo.php#alternatives" mce_href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/moreinfo.php#alternatives">free and easy alternatives</a>, and shed light on the growing inaccuracy of readership statistics that drive advertisers to still invest in this antiquated medium. </p></blockquote> <p>If you're interested, you can get a badge <a href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/spreadtheword.php#banner" mce_href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/spreadtheword.php#banner">here</a>.</p> <p> <a href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/" mce_href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/"><img src="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/images/pp_120x30.gif" mce_src="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/images/pp_120x30.gif" alt="Click keys, save trees." height="30" width="120"></a></p> http://www.commoncraft.com/how-stop-receiving-phone-books-and-yellow-pages#comments advertising green home lesson Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:08:06 -0400 leelefever 1519 at http://www.commoncraft.com http://www.commoncraft.com/how-stop-receiving-phone-books-and-yellow-pages <p>You've likely seen it before, you come home to find a bag of useless phonebooks on your porch. I realized recently that I haven't used a phonebook or yellowpages in <i>years</i> - I take them straight to recycling. They are dinosaurs.</p> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1127/1142561866_da931652f6_m.jpg" mce_src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1127/1142561866_da931652f6_m.jpg" alt=""></div> <p>This got me thinking<b> - shouldn't I be able to opt-out of automatic delivery?</b> Wouldn't there be a significant impact if everyone stopped receiving phonebooks and yellow pages? Apparently the major players pumped out <a href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/moreinfo.php" mce_href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/moreinfo.php">540 million directories this year</a>.</p> <p>This is insane and wasteful and I want people to know they can opt-out. Below are the numbers to call for the major distributors of phone books and yellow pages (none have online forms as far as I know). Simply call the numbers and tell them you want to opt-out of delivery - it takes a few minutes. I called all the ones below myself. </p> <p><b>AT&amp;T/YellowPages (formerly SBC and Bell South):</b></p> <p>1.800.792.2665</p> <p><b>Verizon (Idearc):</b></p> <p><strike>1.888.266.5965</strike> Out of Service<strike><br> </strike></p> <p><b>Dex:</b></p> <p>1.877.243.8339 </p> <p><b>Yellow Book:</b></p> <p>1.800.373.3280 or 1.800.373.2324 <p>The major players use a tactic called "saturation distribution" that means that you may get books even if you don't have a land line.</p> <p> <a href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/" mce_href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/">PaperlessPetition.org</a> is one of the only resources I found who is working on this issue. From their site:</p> <blockquote><p>...expedite an end to this needless environmental waste, educate consumers on <a href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/moreinfo.php#alternatives" mce_href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/moreinfo.php#alternatives">free and easy alternatives</a>, and shed light on the growing inaccuracy of readership statistics that drive advertisers to still invest in this antiquated medium. </p></blockquote> <p>If you're interested, you can get a badge <a href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/spreadtheword.php#banner" mce_href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/spreadtheword.php#banner">here</a>.</p> <p> <a href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/" mce_href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/"><img src="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/images/pp_120x30.gif" mce_src="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/images/pp_120x30.gif" alt="Click keys, save trees." height="30" width="120"></a></p> http://www.commoncraft.com/how-stop-receiving-phone-books-and-yellow-pages#comments advertising green home lesson Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:08:06 -0400 leelefever 1519 at http://www.commoncraft.com http://www.commoncraft.com/how-stop-receiving-phone-books-and-yellow-pages <p>You've likely seen it before, you come home to find a bag of useless phonebooks on your porch. I realized recently that I haven't used a phonebook or yellowpages in <i>years</i> - I take them straight to recycling. They are dinosaurs.</p> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1127/1142561866_da931652f6_m.jpg" mce_src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1127/1142561866_da931652f6_m.jpg" alt=""></div> <p>This got me thinking<b> - shouldn't I be able to opt-out of automatic delivery?</b> Wouldn't there be a significant impact if everyone stopped receiving phonebooks and yellow pages? Apparently the major players pumped out <a href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/moreinfo.php" mce_href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/moreinfo.php">540 million directories this year</a>.</p> <p>This is insane and wasteful and I want people to know they can opt-out. Below are the numbers to call for the major distributors of phone books and yellow pages (none have online forms as far as I know). Simply call the numbers and tell them you want to opt-out of delivery - it takes a few minutes. I called all the ones below myself. </p> <p><b>AT&amp;T/YellowPages (formerly SBC and Bell South):</b></p> <p>1.800.792.2665</p> <p><b>Verizon (Idearc):</b></p> <p><strike>1.888.266.5965</strike> Out of Service<strike><br> </strike></p> <p><b>Dex:</b></p> <p>1.877.243.8339 </p> <p><b>Yellow Book:</b></p> <p>1.800.373.3280 or 1.800.373.2324 <p>The major players use a tactic called "saturation distribution" that means that you may get books even if you don't have a land line.</p> <p> <a href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/" mce_href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/">PaperlessPetition.org</a> is one of the only resources I found who is working on this issue. From their site:</p> <blockquote><p>...expedite an end to this needless environmental waste, educate consumers on <a href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/moreinfo.php#alternatives" mce_href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/moreinfo.php#alternatives">free and easy alternatives</a>, and shed light on the growing inaccuracy of readership statistics that drive advertisers to still invest in this antiquated medium. </p></blockquote> <p>If you're interested, you can get a badge <a href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/spreadtheword.php#banner" mce_href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/spreadtheword.php#banner">here</a>.</p> <p> <a href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/" mce_href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/"><img src="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/images/pp_120x30.gif" mce_src="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/images/pp_120x30.gif" alt="Click keys, save trees." height="30" width="120"></a></p> http://www.commoncraft.com/how-stop-receiving-phone-books-and-yellow-pages#comments advertising green home lesson Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:08:06 -0400 leelefever 1519 at http://www.commoncraft.com http://www.commoncraft.com/how-stop-receiving-phone-books-and-yellow-pages <p>You've likely seen it before, you come home to find a bag of useless phonebooks on your porch. I realized recently that I haven't used a phonebook or yellowpages in <i>years</i> - I take them straight to recycling. They are dinosaurs.</p> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1127/1142561866_da931652f6_m.jpg" mce_src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1127/1142561866_da931652f6_m.jpg" alt=""></div> <p>This got me thinking<b> - shouldn't I be able to opt-out of automatic delivery?</b> Wouldn't there be a significant impact if everyone stopped receiving phonebooks and yellow pages? Apparently the major players pumped out <a href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/moreinfo.php" mce_href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/moreinfo.php">540 million directories this year</a>.</p> <p>This is insane and wasteful and I want people to know they can opt-out. Below are the numbers to call for the major distributors of phone books and yellow pages (none have online forms as far as I know). Simply call the numbers and tell them you want to opt-out of delivery - it takes a few minutes. I called all the ones below myself. </p> <p><b>AT&amp;T/YellowPages (formerly SBC and Bell South):</b></p> <p>1.800.792.2665</p> <p><b>Verizon (Idearc):</b></p> <p><strike>1.888.266.5965</strike> Out of Service<strike><br> </strike></p> <p><b>Dex:</b></p> <p>1.877.243.8339 </p> <p><b>Yellow Book:</b></p> <p>1.800.373.3280 or 1.800.373.2324 <p>The major players use a tactic called "saturation distribution" that means that you may get books even if you don't have a land line.</p> <p> <a href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/" mce_href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/">PaperlessPetition.org</a> is one of the only resources I found who is working on this issue. From their site:</p> <blockquote><p>...expedite an end to this needless environmental waste, educate consumers on <a href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/moreinfo.php#alternatives" mce_href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/moreinfo.php#alternatives">free and easy alternatives</a>, and shed light on the growing inaccuracy of readership statistics that drive advertisers to still invest in this antiquated medium. </p></blockquote> <p>If you're interested, you can get a badge <a href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/spreadtheword.php#banner" mce_href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/spreadtheword.php#banner">here</a>.</p> <p> <a href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/" mce_href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/"><img src="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/images/pp_120x30.gif" mce_src="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/images/pp_120x30.gif" alt="Click keys, save trees." height="30" width="120"></a></p> http://www.commoncraft.com/how-stop-receiving-phone-books-and-yellow-pages#comments advertising green home lesson Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:08:06 -0400 leelefever 1519 at http://www.commoncraft.com http://www.commoncraft.com/how-stop-receiving-phone-books-and-yellow-pages <p>You've likely seen it before, you come home to find a bag of useless phonebooks on your porch. I realized recently that I haven't used a phonebook or yellowpages in <i>years</i> - I take them straight to recycling. They are dinosaurs.</p> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1127/1142561866_da931652f6_m.jpg" mce_src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1127/1142561866_da931652f6_m.jpg" alt=""></div> <p>This got me thinking<b> - shouldn't I be able to opt-out of automatic delivery?</b> Wouldn't there be a significant impact if everyone stopped receiving phonebooks and yellow pages? Apparently the major players pumped out <a href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/moreinfo.php" mce_href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/moreinfo.php">540 million directories this year</a>.</p> <p>This is insane and wasteful and I want people to know they can opt-out. Below are the numbers to call for the major distributors of phone books and yellow pages (none have online forms as far as I know). Simply call the numbers and tell them you want to opt-out of delivery - it takes a few minutes. I called all the ones below myself. </p> <p><b>AT&amp;T/YellowPages (formerly SBC and Bell South):</b></p> <p>1.800.792.2665</p> <p><b>Verizon (Idearc):</b></p> <p><strike>1.888.266.5965</strike> Out of Service<strike><br> </strike></p> <p><b>Dex:</b></p> <p>1.877.243.8339 </p> <p><b>Yellow Book:</b></p> <p>1.800.373.3280 or 1.800.373.2324 <p>The major players use a tactic called "saturation distribution" that means that you may get books even if you don't have a land line.</p> <p> <a href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/" mce_href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/">PaperlessPetition.org</a> is one of the only resources I found who is working on this issue. From their site:</p> <blockquote><p>...expedite an end to this needless environmental waste, educate consumers on <a href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/moreinfo.php#alternatives" mce_href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/moreinfo.php#alternatives">free and easy alternatives</a>, and shed light on the growing inaccuracy of readership statistics that drive advertisers to still invest in this antiquated medium. </p></blockquote> <p>If you're interested, you can get a badge <a href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/spreadtheword.php#banner" mce_href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/spreadtheword.php#banner">here</a>.</p> <p> <a href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/" mce_href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/"><img src="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/images/pp_120x30.gif" mce_src="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/images/pp_120x30.gif" alt="Click keys, save trees." height="30" width="120"></a></p> http://www.commoncraft.com/how-stop-receiving-phone-books-and-yellow-pages#comments advertising green home lesson Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:08:06 -0400 leelefever 1519 at http://www.commoncraft.com http://www.commoncraft.com/how-stop-receiving-phone-books-and-yellow-pages <p>You've likely seen it before, you come home to find a bag of useless phonebooks on your porch. I realized recently that I haven't used a phonebook or yellowpages in <i>years</i> - I take them straight to recycling. They are dinosaurs.</p> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1127/1142561866_da931652f6_m.jpg" mce_src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1127/1142561866_da931652f6_m.jpg" alt=""></div> <p>This got me thinking<b> - shouldn't I be able to opt-out of automatic delivery?</b> Wouldn't there be a significant impact if everyone stopped receiving phonebooks and yellow pages? Apparently the major players pumped out <a href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/moreinfo.php" mce_href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/moreinfo.php">540 million directories this year</a>.</p> <p>This is insane and wasteful and I want people to know they can opt-out. Below are the numbers to call for the major distributors of phone books and yellow pages (none have online forms as far as I know). Simply call the numbers and tell them you want to opt-out of delivery - it takes a few minutes. I called all the ones below myself. </p> <p><b>AT&amp;T/YellowPages (formerly SBC and Bell South):</b></p> <p>1.800.792.2665</p> <p><b>Verizon (Idearc):</b></p> <p><strike>1.888.266.5965</strike> Out of Service<strike><br> </strike></p> <p><b>Dex:</b></p> <p>1.877.243.8339 </p> <p><b>Yellow Book:</b></p> <p>1.800.373.3280 or 1.800.373.2324 <p>The major players use a tactic called "saturation distribution" that means that you may get books even if you don't have a land line.</p> <p> <a href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/" mce_href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/">PaperlessPetition.org</a> is one of the only resources I found who is working on this issue. From their site:</p> <blockquote><p>...expedite an end to this needless environmental waste, educate consumers on <a href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/moreinfo.php#alternatives" mce_href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/moreinfo.php#alternatives">free and easy alternatives</a>, and shed light on the growing inaccuracy of readership statistics that drive advertisers to still invest in this antiquated medium. </p></blockquote> <p>If you're interested, you can get a badge <a href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/spreadtheword.php#banner" mce_href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/spreadtheword.php#banner">here</a>.</p> <p> <a href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/" mce_href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/"><img src="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/images/pp_120x30.gif" mce_src="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/images/pp_120x30.gif" alt="Click keys, save trees." height="30" width="120"></a></p> http://www.commoncraft.com/how-stop-receiving-phone-books-and-yellow-pages#comments advertising green home lesson Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:08:06 -0400 leelefever 1519 at http://www.commoncraft.com http://www.commoncraft.com/how-stop-receiving-phone-books-and-yellow-pages <p>You've likely seen it before, you come home to find a bag of useless phonebooks on your porch. I realized recently that I haven't used a phonebook or yellowpages in <i>years</i> - I take them straight to recycling. They are dinosaurs.</p> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1127/1142561866_da931652f6_m.jpg" mce_src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1127/1142561866_da931652f6_m.jpg" alt=""></div> <p>This got me thinking<b> - shouldn't I be able to opt-out of automatic delivery?</b> Wouldn't there be a significant impact if everyone stopped receiving phonebooks and yellow pages? Apparently the major players pumped out <a href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/moreinfo.php" mce_href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/moreinfo.php">540 million directories this year</a>.</p> <p>This is insane and wasteful and I want people to know they can opt-out. Below are the numbers to call for the major distributors of phone books and yellow pages (none have online forms as far as I know). Simply call the numbers and tell them you want to opt-out of delivery - it takes a few minutes. I called all the ones below myself. </p> <p><b>AT&amp;T/YellowPages (formerly SBC and Bell South):</b></p> <p>1.800.792.2665</p> <p><b>Verizon (Idearc):</b></p> <p><strike>1.888.266.5965</strike> Out of Service<strike><br> </strike></p> <p><b>Dex:</b></p> <p>1.877.243.8339 </p> <p><b>Yellow Book:</b></p> <p>1.800.373.3280 or 1.800.373.2324 <p>The major players use a tactic called "saturation distribution" that means that you may get books even if you don't have a land line.</p> <p> <a href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/" mce_href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/">PaperlessPetition.org</a> is one of the only resources I found who is working on this issue. From their site:</p> <blockquote><p>...expedite an end to this needless environmental waste, educate consumers on <a href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/moreinfo.php#alternatives" mce_href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/moreinfo.php#alternatives">free and easy alternatives</a>, and shed light on the growing inaccuracy of readership statistics that drive advertisers to still invest in this antiquated medium. </p></blockquote> <p>If you're interested, you can get a badge <a href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/spreadtheword.php#banner" mce_href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/spreadtheword.php#banner">here</a>.</p> <p> <a href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/" mce_href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/"><img src="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/images/pp_120x30.gif" mce_src="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/images/pp_120x30.gif" alt="Click keys, save trees." height="30" width="120"></a></p> http://www.commoncraft.com/how-stop-receiving-phone-books-and-yellow-pages#comments advertising green home lesson Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:08:06 -0400 leelefever 1519 at http://www.commoncraft.com http://www.commoncraft.com/how-stop-receiving-phone-books-and-yellow-pages <p>You've likely seen it before, you come home to find a bag of useless phonebooks on your porch. I realized recently that I haven't used a phonebook or yellowpages in <i>years</i> - I take them straight to recycling. They are dinosaurs.</p> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1127/1142561866_da931652f6_m.jpg" mce_src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1127/1142561866_da931652f6_m.jpg" alt=""></div> <p>This got me thinking<b> - shouldn't I be able to opt-out of automatic delivery?</b> Wouldn't there be a significant impact if everyone stopped receiving phonebooks and yellow pages? Apparently the major players pumped out <a href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/moreinfo.php" mce_href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/moreinfo.php">540 million directories this year</a>.</p> <p>This is insane and wasteful and I want people to know they can opt-out. Below are the numbers to call for the major distributors of phone books and yellow pages (none have online forms as far as I know). Simply call the numbers and tell them you want to opt-out of delivery - it takes a few minutes. I called all the ones below myself. </p> <p><b>AT&amp;T/YellowPages (formerly SBC and Bell South):</b></p> <p>1.800.792.2665</p> <p><b>Verizon (Idearc):</b></p> <p><strike>1.888.266.5965</strike> Out of Service<strike><br> </strike></p> <p><b>Dex:</b></p> <p>1.877.243.8339 </p> <p><b>Yellow Book:</b></p> <p>1.800.373.3280 or 1.800.373.2324 <p>The major players use a tactic called "saturation distribution" that means that you may get books even if you don't have a land line.</p> <p> <a href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/" mce_href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/">PaperlessPetition.org</a> is one of the only resources I found who is working on this issue. From their site:</p> <blockquote><p>...expedite an end to this needless environmental waste, educate consumers on <a href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/moreinfo.php#alternatives" mce_href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/moreinfo.php#alternatives">free and easy alternatives</a>, and shed light on the growing inaccuracy of readership statistics that drive advertisers to still invest in this antiquated medium. </p></blockquote> <p>If you're interested, you can get a badge <a href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/spreadtheword.php#banner" mce_href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/spreadtheword.php#banner">here</a>.</p> <p> <a href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/" mce_href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/"><img src="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/images/pp_120x30.gif" mce_src="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/images/pp_120x30.gif" alt="Click keys, save trees." height="30" width="120"></a></p> http://www.commoncraft.com/how-stop-receiving-phone-books-and-yellow-pages#comments advertising green home lesson Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:08:06 -0400 leelefever 1519 at http://www.commoncraft.com http://www.commoncraft.com/how-stop-receiving-phone-books-and-yellow-pages <p>You've likely seen it before, you come home to find a bag of useless phonebooks on your porch. I realized recently that I haven't used a phonebook or yellowpages in <i>years</i> - I take them straight to recycling. They are dinosaurs.</p> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1127/1142561866_da931652f6_m.jpg" mce_src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1127/1142561866_da931652f6_m.jpg" alt=""></div> <p>This got me thinking<b> - shouldn't I be able to opt-out of automatic delivery?</b> Wouldn't there be a significant impact if everyone stopped receiving phonebooks and yellow pages? Apparently the major players pumped out <a href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/moreinfo.php" mce_href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/moreinfo.php">540 million directories this year</a>.</p> <p>This is insane and wasteful and I want people to know they can opt-out. Below are the numbers to call for the major distributors of phone books and yellow pages (none have online forms as far as I know). Simply call the numbers and tell them you want to opt-out of delivery - it takes a few minutes. I called all the ones below myself. </p> <p><b>AT&amp;T/YellowPages (formerly SBC and Bell South):</b></p> <p>1.800.792.2665</p> <p><b>Verizon (Idearc):</b></p> <p><strike>1.888.266.5965</strike> Out of Service<strike><br> </strike></p> <p><b>Dex:</b></p> <p>1.877.243.8339 </p> <p><b>Yellow Book:</b></p> <p>1.800.373.3280 or 1.800.373.2324 <p>The major players use a tactic called "saturation distribution" that means that you may get books even if you don't have a land line.</p> <p> <a href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/" mce_href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/">PaperlessPetition.org</a> is one of the only resources I found who is working on this issue. From their site:</p> <blockquote><p>...expedite an end to this needless environmental waste, educate consumers on <a href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/moreinfo.php#alternatives" mce_href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/moreinfo.php#alternatives">free and easy alternatives</a>, and shed light on the growing inaccuracy of readership statistics that drive advertisers to still invest in this antiquated medium. </p></blockquote> <p>If you're interested, you can get a badge <a href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/spreadtheword.php#banner" mce_href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/spreadtheword.php#banner">here</a>.</p> <p> <a href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/" mce_href="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/"><img src="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/images/pp_120x30.gif" mce_src="http://www.paperlesspetition.org/images/pp_120x30.gif" alt="Click keys, save trees." height="30" width="120"></a></p> http://www.commoncraft.com/how-stop-receiving-phone-books-and-yellow-pages#comments advertising green home lesson Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:08:06 -0400 leelefever 1519 at http://www.commoncraft.com