06.Nov.2009 Webuser report on the success of Say No To Phonebooks
One of Britians best known internet magazines has reported on the success of the Say No To Phonebooks campaign saying,
“A petition to scrap phonebooks is the best-supported environmental campaign on the Downing Street website only three weeks after its launch.”
“Over 5,500 people have already signed the petition, which is more than for a petition campaigning [...]
03.Nov.2009 Say No To Phonebooks campaign reaches #1
In just three weeks since the launch of the campaign the e-petition on the Downing Street website (http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/NoPhonebooks/) has become the most supported environmental petition, even overtaking a petition calling for a stop to Heathrow’s third runway! The petition has reached 26th position in the full list of more than 4,500 petitions running on the [...]
26.Oct.2009 Save the environment by Saying No To Phonebooks
The Daily Mail’s own Green Queen has today said that the Say No To Phonebooks campaign could help save the environment,
“Did you know that the 75million phone books delivered annually to UK households use up to 62,000 tons of paper?
So hurrah to 192.com’s Say No To Phonebooks campaign, which aims to establish an opt-in system [...]
15.Oct.2009 RIP the phonebook
The Sun newspaper has declared that the number could be up for phone books.
“More than 75 million are delivered to UK homes each year but a campaign begins today to slash this figure to cut waste. Online directory service 192.com and Global Action Plan want us to “opt in” to get a new directory.”
In the article, Environment [...]
13.Oct.2009 Is the number up for Yellow Pages?
Leo Hickman, Environment Editor at the Guardian, comments today on the ‘Say No To Phonebooks’ campaign today:
“But the point about this particular campaign is that it is pointing out that a significant percentage of people (including me – and, yes, I will now be opting out, now that I know about it) don’t want these things left [...]
Make your vote count
Today, 192.com officially launches the Downing St e-petition as part of its ‘Say No To Phoneboks’ campaign. If you believe that we should have a choice whether 3 telephone directories a year are dumped on our doorsteps, then sign the e-petition now: http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/NoPhonebooks/
The annual production of phonebooks in the UK equates to 62,000 tons of waste [...]
29.Sep.2009 Forests or phonebooks?
From last week’s Metro by Australian cartoonist Chris Roy Taylor. Seems they have the same problem down under!
02.Sep.2009 White Pages supports opt-in campaign for phonebook delivery in the U.S
According to Scientific American, research from White pages in the U.S. notes that less than 16 percent of adults recycle their old or unwanted phone books. The company is sponsoring a “Ban the Phone Book“ initiative to encourage phone book “opt-in” delivery programs. The plans which require subscribers to request the books, are already appearing in [...]
07.Jul.2009 Malta ditches the book
News today from Malta that the traditional telephone directory could be ditched after almost 60 per cent of respondents to a recent Malta Communications Authority survey said they never used the printed directory. The MCA also noted that a printed books goes out of date too quickly in today’s world and that online services are much [...]
20.May.2009 Crack down on phonebook litter triggers action
As local councils are starting to crack down on unwanted phonebook deliveries in the US, the Yellow Pages Association is pre-empting mandatory opt-outs by finally launching its own opt-out website. Something we should be doing on this side of the pond?
