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There is actually another site that you can go to, to register to Opt Out of the delivery of the Yellow Pages: www.ypdnd.com. It is the Yellow Pages do not deliver registry.
The big difference with the site, is that it targets directories based upon your address, and you can select which ones you want to receive or not.
Most of the publishers I have spoken to said they have never heard from the people at the other sites (paperless petition and yellow pages goes green), and the ones that have said that most of the information is not correct, since all they receive is a blind list.
Do people still use the Yellow Pages? Yes.
Are their people out there that no longer wish to receive them? That is a big Yes!
Why not give the consumers the choice, instead of just assuming that they want stacks of directories delivered every year.
Apparently, Verizon/Idearc has changed their phone number for canceling your delivery of phone books. Here is the new information:
Yellow Pages Directories Advertising & Customer Service: 800-555-4833
Press 4, 5, 2
Apparently, Verizon/Idearc has changed their phone number for canceling your delivery of phone books. Here is the new information:
Yellow Pages Directories Advertising & Customer Service: 800-555-4833
Press 4, 5, 2
Spending on print Yellow Pages will plunge by 39% in the next five years to $7.8 billion as small businesses increasingly shift marketing dollars online. That's the grim prediction for print directories in "Say Goodbye To Yellow Pages," a new report by Borrell Associates that further projects that by 2010 most U.S.adults will not crack open a Yellow Pages book in any given month.
Spending on print Yellow Pages will plunge by 39% in the next five years to $7.8 billion as small businesses increasingly shift marketing dollars online. That's the grim prediction for print directories in "Say Goodbye To Yellow Pages," a new report by Borrell Associates that further projects that by 2010 most U.S.adults will not crack open a Yellow Pages book in any given month.
To produce 500 million books:
19 million trees need to be harvested
1.6 billion pounds of paper are wasted
7.2 million barrels of oil are misspent in their processing (not including the wasted gas used for their delivery to your doorstep)
268,000 cubic yards of landfill are taken up
3.2 billion kilowatt hours of electricity are squandered
The cost associated with the delivery and disposal of these books is exorbitant. Unfortunately, these unsolicited costs fall heavily on consumers. Why are we paying for something that was delivered to our homes and offices that we did not ask for?
To produce 500 million books:
19 million trees need to be harvested
1.6 billion pounds of paper are wasted
7.2 million barrels of oil are misspent in their processing (not including the wasted gas used for their delivery to your doorstep)
268,000 cubic yards of landfill are taken up
3.2 billion kilowatt hours of electricity are squandered
The cost associated with the delivery and disposal of these books is exorbitant. Unfortunately, these unsolicited costs fall heavily on consumers. Why are we paying for something that was delivered to our homes and offices that we did not ask for?
Another city making strides...Cambridge, MA city council unanimously passed a proposal that would allow citizens to opt out of receiving the Yellow Pages phone books delivered to their doorsteps.
Read more here: http://www.wickedlocal.com/cambridge/...
Another city making strides...Cambridge, MA city council unanimously passed a proposal that would allow citizens to opt out of receiving the Yellow Pages phone books delivered to their doorsteps.
Read more here: http://www.wickedlocal.com/cambridge/...
Some recent news...according to www.boston.com, Boston City Councilor Salvatore LaMattina has proposed legislation "to ban the distribution of unsolicited commercial deliveries weighing more than a pound." Read more here: http://www.boston.com/news/local/brea...
Some recent news...according to www.boston.com, Boston City Councilor Salvatore LaMattina has proposed legislation "to ban the distribution of unsolicited commercial deliveries weighing more than a pound." Read more here: http://www.boston.com/news/local/brea...
The average printed yellow directory is responsible for:
1) massive amounts of fuel required to clear a forest and transport the lumber
2) enormous volumes of fuel & electricity to turn the timber into paper
3) even more fuel to transport the paper to the printing press
4) fuel & electricity required to print the yellow directories
5) huge amounts of fuel to transport the books to publisher’s distribution centers
6) excessive volumes of fuel to deliver the books to the consumers
all the wasted fuel used by account reps to sell the ad content in the books
7) electric costs to operate publishers facilities with substantial overheads
8) fuel & disposal costs for discarded yellow directories
9) expensive land fill space wasted with old yellow directories
10) wasted electricity & fuel costs used by recycling methods
11) enormous quantities of fuel needed to replant forests
Publications are redundant in most areas where several competing companies are now producing yellow directories.
Eventually these wasteful methods of supplying the consumers with directory listings will vanish, just like 8-tracks and cassette tapes.
The average printed yellow directory is responsible for:
1) massive amounts of fuel required to clear a forest and transport the lumber
2) enormous volumes of fuel & electricity to turn the timber into paper
3) even more fuel to transport the paper to the printing press
4) fuel & electricity required to print the yellow directories
5) huge amounts of fuel to transport the books to publisher’s distribution centers
6) excessive volumes of fuel to deliver the books to the consumers
all the wasted fuel used by account reps to sell the ad content in the books
7) electric costs to operate publishers facilities with substantial overheads
8) fuel & disposal costs for discarded yellow directories
9) expensive land fill space wasted with old yellow directories
10) wasted electricity & fuel costs used by recycling methods
11) enormous quantities of fuel needed to replant forests
Publications are redundant in most areas where several competing companies are now producing yellow directories.
Eventually these wasteful methods of supplying the consumers with directory listings will vanish, just like 8-tracks and cassette tapes.
What can you do?
1) Join this cause and be counted! We want to send a message to the major yellow page distributors that "saturation distribution" is no longer appreciated
2) Sign the online petition at http://www.paperlesspetition.org/
3) Recycle all directories you receive until the nonesense is stopped
What can you do?
1) Join this cause and be counted! We want to send a message to the major yellow page distributors that "saturation distribution" is no longer appreciated
2) Sign the online petition at http://www.paperlesspetition.org/
3) Recycle all directories you receive until the nonesense is stopped
How to Stop Receiving Phone Books and Yellow Pages
By leelefever on August 16, 2007 - 4:08pm.
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 years - I take them straight to recycling. They are dinosaurs.
This got me thinking - shouldn't I be able to opt-out of automatic delivery? Wouldn't there be a significant impact if everyone stopped receiving phonebooks and yellow pages? Apparently the major players pumped out 540 million directories this year.
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.
AT&T/YellowPages (formerly SBC and Bell South):
1.800.792.2665
Verizon (Idearc):
1.888.266.5965 Out of Service
Dex:
1.877.243.8339
Yellow Book:
1.800.373.3280 or 1.800.373.2324
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.
PaperlessPetition.org is one of the only resources I found who is working on this issue. From their site:
...expedite an end to this needless environmental waste, educate consumers on free and easy alternatives, and shed light on the growing inaccuracy of readership statistics that drive advertisers to still invest in this antiquated medium.