New York Organizing Examiner: Less White and Yellow Means More Green!
Filed under: Earth911 - April 19, 2009
By Sharon Lowenheim
With Earth Day coming up this week, here’s another way for you to reduce your carbon footprint and go green.
“Why do we get three to four pounds of paper dropped on our front door four to six times per year by various telephone directory companies and we are supposed to dispose of them?” This is the question posed by a grassroots organization called Yellow Pages Goes Green.
Sign up on their web site (http://www.yellowpagesgoesgreen.org) and they will contact the publishers of your local Yellow and White Pages to prevent these books from being delivered to your home or business.
Most of us use the Internet to look up residential or commercial phone numbers, or to search for local resources. We don’t need these books and don’t want to be responsible for disposing of them.
Here are some other important resources to remember:
- To find the closest recycling center to get rid of your Yellow and White Pages, go to Earth 911 (http://earth911.com).
- To stop the delivery of unwanted catalogs, go to Catalog Choice (http://www.catalogchoice.org).