Comments on: Opt out of receiving the phone book http://www.alittlegreenereveryday.com/2009/09/opt-out-of-receiving-the-phone-book.html Some useful information, some anecdotes, some rantings, and some inspiration <br>from my quest to make my family and perhaps the world around me A Little Greener Every Day Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:26:45 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Natives vs. Invasives: Can’t we just all get along? http://www.alittlegreenereveryday.com/2009/09/opt-out-of-receiving-the-phone-book.html/comment-page-1#comment-906 Natives vs. Invasives: Can’t we just all get along? Mon, 25 Jan 2010 03:36:52 +0000 http://www.alittlegreenereveryday.com/?p=558#comment-906 [...] we’re on the subject of personal responsibility, did you know you can opt out of receiving the phone book? Doing so would save millions of trees, protect the forest and preserve habitat for many birds. [...] [...] we’re on the subject of personal responsibility, did you know you can opt out of receiving the phone book? Doing so would save millions of trees, protect the forest and preserve habitat for many birds. [...]

]]> By: Opting out of yellow pages or yellow book through their websites | a little greener every day http://www.alittlegreenereveryday.com/2009/09/opt-out-of-receiving-the-phone-book.html/comment-page-1#comment-866 Opting out of yellow pages or yellow book through their websites | a little greener every day Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:30:01 +0000 http://www.alittlegreenereveryday.com/?p=558#comment-866 [...] have to honor a request from a third party to cancel phone books so using a website like Yellow Pages Goes Green may be [...] [...] have to honor a request from a third party to cancel phone books so using a website like Yellow Pages Goes Green may be [...]

]]> By: Clearly opting out of the phonebook doesn’t work | a little greener every day http://www.alittlegreenereveryday.com/2009/09/opt-out-of-receiving-the-phone-book.html/comment-page-1#comment-863 Clearly opting out of the phonebook doesn’t work | a little greener every day Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:39:11 +0000 http://www.alittlegreenereveryday.com/?p=558#comment-863 [...] about a service that you can sign up for to opt out of receiving unsolicited phone books called Yellow Pages Goes Green. I signed up for the services. Clearly, the phone book company was unimpressed with my attempt to [...] [...] about a service that you can sign up for to opt out of receiving unsolicited phone books called Yellow Pages Goes Green. I signed up for the services. Clearly, the phone book company was unimpressed with my attempt to [...]

]]> By: Carole http://www.alittlegreenereveryday.com/2009/09/opt-out-of-receiving-the-phone-book.html/comment-page-1#comment-692 Carole Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:37:59 +0000 http://www.alittlegreenereveryday.com/?p=558#comment-692 Robin, this is great information and very much needed. That's a lot of trees that are destroyed for something that a lot of people don't even use. I haven't opened a phone book in years, but I did not know that you could opt out of receiving it. Thank you for sharing this great idea. Robin,
this is great information and very much needed. That’s a lot of trees that are destroyed for something that a lot of people don’t even use. I haven’t opened a phone book in years, but I did not know that you could opt out of receiving it. Thank you for sharing this great idea.

]]> By: robin http://www.alittlegreenereveryday.com/2009/09/opt-out-of-receiving-the-phone-book.html/comment-page-1#comment-689 robin Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:42:06 +0000 http://www.alittlegreenereveryday.com/?p=558#comment-689 Becky, Some of the comments on your post were a bit confusing. Couldn't tell if they were for or against the opt out process. Becky,

Some of the comments on your post were a bit confusing. Couldn’t tell if they were for or against the opt out process.

]]> By: Becky http://www.alittlegreenereveryday.com/2009/09/opt-out-of-receiving-the-phone-book.html/comment-page-1#comment-688 Becky Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:09:06 +0000 http://www.alittlegreenereveryday.com/?p=558#comment-688 Robin - I would bet you money that Aaron works for Yellow Pages. We had a similar thing happen when I posted about Yellow Pages Go Green: http://www.shinyandfuzzy.com/blog/?p=198 I'm totally with you...we basically Google anything we need to find. Even if the power goes out or our internet is down, Dave can find things on his iPhone faster than I could look them up in the Yellow Pages. Robin – I would bet you money that Aaron works for Yellow Pages. We had a similar thing happen when I posted about Yellow Pages Go Green:

http://www.shinyandfuzzy.com/blog/?p=198

I’m totally with you…we basically Google anything we need to find. Even if the power goes out or our internet is down, Dave can find things on his iPhone faster than I could look them up in the Yellow Pages.

]]> By: robin http://www.alittlegreenereveryday.com/2009/09/opt-out-of-receiving-the-phone-book.html/comment-page-1#comment-687 robin Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:17:03 +0000 http://www.alittlegreenereveryday.com/?p=558#comment-687 Aaron, I'm not sure I see the correlation here. I don't receive Bibles or religious material unsolicited on my door step. I do get various religious groups that knock and ask if I'd like reading material, but if I say no, they don't leave it. These phone books are unasked for and obsolete to a good deal of the people who receive them. Having them delivered year after year is a huge waste of time, money and of course environmental resources. Aaron,

I’m not sure I see the correlation here. I don’t receive Bibles or religious material unsolicited on my door step. I do get various religious groups that knock and ask if I’d like reading material, but if I say no, they don’t leave it.

These phone books are unasked for and obsolete to a good deal of the people who receive them. Having them delivered year after year is a huge waste of time, money and of course environmental resources.

]]> By: Aaron Malys http://www.alittlegreenereveryday.com/2009/09/opt-out-of-receiving-the-phone-book.html/comment-page-1#comment-686 Aaron Malys Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:42:28 +0000 http://www.alittlegreenereveryday.com/?p=558#comment-686 The question becomes then, if the environment is so close to your heart, have you looked up the similar statistics on Bible and related religious material productions and their effect on the environment? The question becomes then, if the environment is so close to your heart, have you looked up the similar statistics on Bible and related religious material productions and their effect on the environment?

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