YellowPagesGoesGreen.org has a goal: to eliminate the waste associated with unsolicited phone books. In the United States, 540 million books are printed each year. Here’s how they break down in terms of waste:
So what can you do?
First be sure to recycle your old phone books. Find out where at www.Earth911.org.
Next, visit www.YellowPagesGoesGreen.org to opt out of unsolicited phone book deliveries.
YellowPagesGoesGreen.org hopes to have 1 million people signed up to opt out of unsolicited phone book delivery by the end of the year. You can help them reach that goal by encouraging your friends and family to sign up.