Post in Recycling a thing of the past?

Recycling a thing of the past? From: Megan Goodmundson Date: 2008 May 22 12:32 UTC Short link

BAN THE DELIVERY OF PHONE BOOKS!

I think the city council should look at some initiatives to reduce and/OR ban
the door to door delivery of phone books.  The city council has shown a history
of being interested in environmentally friendly ideas, and this could be a
major one.

We must get about 5 or 6 new phone books per year from various marketers.

How about the city council adopts an ordiance that bans the door to door
deliverY and requires the marketing companies to make initial contact with some
one at the residence, via telephone or return post card, and requires a
positive response from someone in the house that indicates they are interested
and in need of a new phone book.  And possibly require the marketers to place a
big recycling reminder/instructions on the new phone book.

I recently received the most recent delivery of 2 new books, and promptly
decided I would throw the old and the new books in the recycling container due
to the fact that I can't even remember the last time I cracked the spine of a
phone book, if I need to 'look up something' I just head to Google.com.

Here on the north side, with our vacant vs. occupied ratio, we have plenty of
unclaimed, un-needed white bags of phone books adding to the litter of our
neighborhood.

So, CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE! If you are reading this, can you look in to the idea
of banning the door to door delivery of phone books in the city?

-Megan G.
Jordan