07.Dec.2009 Even Gavin & Stacey don’t use phonebooks!
Like us, we’re sure that many of you are watching the most recent series of Gavin and Stacey and it’s great to see that the sentiment of the Say No To Phonebooks campaign has filtered into popular TV Culture.
In episode 3, when looking for the details of a curry house, Pamela (or Pamelaaaaarrrr as Smithy [...]
25.Nov.2009 Save Money and the Planet this Christmas
When was the last time you used a printed phonebook?
192.com and the ‘Say No To Phonebooks’ campaign have teamed up with origami expert, Mark Bolitho, to provide three easy to follow guides that make use of those unwanted phonebooks by creating origami Christmas Tree, Star and Angel decorations.
To download the instructions and to watch the [...]
19.Nov.2009 75% of British kids support opt-in system for phonebooks
Research released today shows that three quarters (75%) of Britain’s school children believe that phonebooks should only be delivered to those that ask for them.
The campaign has teamed up with Intuitive Media, award-winning safe social network provider, on their sites SuperClubsPlus.com and GoldStarCafe.net to survey almost 3,000 school children aged 6-14 years old*. The children [...]
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!
