Recycle Your Old Phone Books
Posted by Chad Norman August 22nd, 2007 .
Yesterday there was a surprise on my front porch - brand new phone books! They were so nice and clean, with not a folded corner or ripped cover in sight. Since I don’t like clutter, I immediately removed last year’s books from the shelf, and replaced them with the new ones. Done deal, right?
Wrong. What should I do with the old ones? Are they trash or recyclables?
I put in a quick call to Charleston County Recycling and found out they are indeed recyclable. So when your new phone books arrive, if they haven’t already, please put them in your curbside blue bin with your other paper recyclables. If you don’t have curbside pickup, you can take your old phone books, along with any other paper recycling, to one of the Charleston County Recycling drop sites.
*** UPDATE ***
Justin says:
Found the answer! “To discontinue delivery of The Talking Phone Book to you home, please send your request in writing via email to: distribution@talkingphonebook.com.”
Nice go greening!
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Good to know about the recycling. Anyone know if we can opt out of receiving phone books entirely?
Ahh, that’s interesting. I’ve wondered that myself, because we receive two copies of each from the dueling phone book companies. Since this is an ad supported business, they have no qualms about dropping them off I’m sure. But it would be nice to opt out…phone listings are all online, and updated more regularly.
Found the answer! The opt out information is listed on page 2 of the new phone book under a heading called “How to Reach Us”. It states ” To discontinue delivery of The Talking Phone Book to you home, please send your request in writing via email to: distribution@talkingphonebook.com.” So opting out is possible and sounds nice and easy…
I found Go Green Charleston the day before my phone books arrived. Good thing or I would have thought they were unrecycleable and trashed them. Who needs a phone book when you have the Internet?
Consumers can now “opt out” of receiving telephone books at http://www.YellowPagesGoesGreen.org. This organization will contact the publishers and inform them to stop delivering books. This is a free service for consumers. http://www.YellowPagesGoesGreen.org is working with state and local governments on ordinances concerning the delivery of unsolicited telephone books. http://www.YellowPagesGoesGreen.org is not against the telephone books but against the delivery of 4 to 5 pounds of paper on people’s door step 5 to 6 times per year and being told it is our responsible to recycle something we did not ask for. If we need a book we will call. Otherwise I “opt out” from receiving it.