[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Originally Posted by JoMar

Others see great value in the phone book....but glad you are putting yours in the trash, more heat for the power company.

So why don't the people that print the phone books allow those that want them to order them. That way they would save a lot of paper, ink and trees.

The phone book companies make their money from the advertising in the Yellow Pages. In order to maintain or increase revenues from that source they have to tell their customers that the phone book will go out to every house in the community. The problem, and advertisers are beginning recognize this, is that 80% of the phone books are thrown directly into the trash.

Send out a notice with a post paid card asking people if they want it. They can then print the number of copies that people actually want.