My e-friend Joseph asked me a while back: How can a greenie stop getting all those damn phone books? If you’re like me, you never even use paper phone books anymore. I Google, mostly, so I can search businesses by distance. I like to get my stuff at places I can run to.
But actually stopping delivery — Well, that’s no simple matter. Still, the blogosphere’s been tackling it! Check out this post from The Old New Thing. His tip: To figure out who to contact about getting off the list, call the “How to order more copies of this wonderful telephone directory” number.
Note to self: Calling at 1 a.m. is not productive — The poor phone company drones only work normal biz hours. Plus — Why should I have to call and wait on hold? So I tried emailing, and hope the paper waste stops. Contact info below, to be updated with my results –
SBC. 800.248.2800 or 800.343.7390. Between 8-5, M-F. I used its customer service web form and am waiting to hear back.
United Yellow Pages. 800.343.2046, then press 6. I emailed via their website, and hope to hear back.
Verizon. 800.888.8448, then press 2. . Between 8-5, M-F. I used its customer service web form and am waiting to hear back.
Yellow Book. 800.464.3215. Between 8-9, M-F, Central time. I used its customer service web form and am waiting to hear back.
Update: Stop junk mail: A Complete guide to getting just the mail you want
Thanks for the post.
You can also sign do not mail petition (like Do Not Call National Petition)
I did some search online and this is the best resource so far available online (correct me if I am wrong). I have done this 5 months ago and my mailbox is literally empty ( I have paperless billing and also opted out from various mail lists) I check my mail twice a month now. It is beautiful.
I even took the letter from samples provided and wrote it to a local Chinese restaurant that keeps putting fliers in my door. They stopped too in the whole subdivision.
http://awakening.weebly.com/stop-junk-mail.html
I even opted out from the yellow book. What do I need it for, since the internet is right here.
Comment by Maxym — November 7, 2008 @ 8:46 pm