We've actually had people try to sell us the Yellow Pages down at the Famous Bookstore. I always say "This may have a lot of interesting characters in it, but that dosen't make it literature."

Oh my. That's a new low, I'd guess.

Oh, this is fantastic. I wonder if it works for all the "unofficial" yellow pages, too? We get, not joke, four or five different sets of yellow pages plopped onto our porch every year. We do recycle ours, but jeez, that is SO much waste being generated. Thanks for this, Stewie.

Also, jon: I LOL'ed twice at your comment, once at the setup and once at your reply. :)

ATT dumped the phone directory on my doorstep last week while I was out of town. Went straight into the recycling bin. I can't remember the last time I've actually consulted the phone book (yellow or white).

I thought that after dropping my landline they'd not give me one anymore. But noooo.

Much like with newspapers and broadcast television, the informational purpose of the yellow pages might be secondary to the selling-advertising one.

Much like with newspapers and broadcast television, the informational purpose of the yellow pages might be secondary to the selling-advertising one.

Yes.

I've been tearing out the pages and using them to clean glass. They're pretty good at eliminating smudges without leaving the lint that paper towels do. So that's another option.

Now that Sears doesn't print that big catalog any more, perhaps phone books would be a good choice for the outhouse.

I hate the Yellow Pages as much as the next guy, but this site has no assurances whatsoever that they won't abuse your home and email addresses. They don't even describe how they'll go about sending your information to any of the major directories.

Good call, eamondaly. Call me skeptical too. They say "We Will Notify the Publishers to Stop Sending Books." Well, whoop-de-do. At least in the states I've lived in, phone books aren't "sent" to specific addresses - they're given to pickup workers by the multi-hundred carload, and the workers are told to drop them at every door in a given turf. I'm not sure how the publishers would manage to black out the addresses that requested no delivery and how that could be guaranteed - it's a real fly-by-night job. At some point if you need like $300 and don't mind beating up your car, you can deliver yourself.

more from the FAQ

5. When I sign the form am I automatically removed from having the telephone book delivered?

There is no national no-delivery organization like the National Do Not Call Registry (https://www.donotcall.gov/). Individual Yellow and White Page organizations state that you can call them and they will put you on a list to not deliver books. But they are not held liable or accountable if the book shows up anyway. www.YellowPagesGoesGreen .org will contact the publishers with the sign up forms to have them "opt out" the individual or business that signs up. It will be the responsibility of the publishers to act in accordance to the consumer’s demands.