06.Jan.2010 Phonebooks are obsolete!
In an article in The Independent in December entitled “Everyday products made obsolete during the “aughts”, the paper comments,
“Phone books: a large waste of paper, considering mobile phones are not listed, and information is accessible online, plus more.”
These are our thoughts exactly!
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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 [...]
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 [...]
09.Oct.2009 See what phonebooks are costing the earth
Take a sneak peek at the soon to be launched ’Say No To Phonebooks’ viral:
You can also watch this directly on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg4VEKqQvNc
You’re welcome to add this viral to your own website to help spread the world about the totally unnecessary waste of natural resources that goes into unwanted phonebooks. Find instructions in the top right hand corner our [...]
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 [...]
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?
12.Feb.2009 Momentum grows in the US
The latest news from the US is that momentum is building to offer an adequate opt-out facility for the delivery of printed phonebooks with some telcos going so far as to propose the introduction of an opt-in facility, thereby dramatically reducing the number of books produced.
According to the Kelsey Group, legislation has been introduced in Minnesota [...]
