Some useful information, some anecdotes, some rantings, and some inspiration
from my quest to make my family and perhaps the world around me A Little Greener Every Day

Last night after I posted about the phone book problem, I decided to dig around to see if I could find a legitimate way to cancel phone books. From what I’ve read, the phone book companies don’t have to honor a request from a third party to cancel phone books so using a website like Yellow Pages Goes Green may be futile.

I was able to find information on both the Yellow Pages and the Yellow Book websites to opt out. Whether the opting out is actually honored or not, I suppose I’ll have to wait about a year to find out. Here’s what I found.

Yellow Pages  Consumer Choice Page – The Yellow Pages people claim that “Yellow Pages publishers want their products to be welcome in your home.” You can input your zip code on the page and find your local publisher. Their instructions are to “Please contact the following publishers to adjust the number of directories you receive or to remove yourself from directory distribution lists.” When I input my zip code, I was presented with two different phone numbers to call. I’d prefer an easy to fill out online form, but it’s something.

Yellow Book Opt-Out from Delivery Page – There is an easy to fill out online form for Yellow Book. You do need to know which region you are in, though. When you’re done filling out the form, you’ll get the following message, “Thank you for submitting your information. We will contact you as soon as possible.” Since your phone number is a required field and e-mail is not, I can only assume I’ll get called to ask why I’m opting out and try to get talked into receiving the phonebook.

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