An “06880” post last summer highlighted a perennial problem: the “distribution” of phone books by dumping them at mailboxes.
There were 20 comments. As you can imagine, Westporters do not love free (phone) books.
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Relief is at hand. The Yellow Pages Association (!) has introduced a “Consumer Choice & Opt-Out Site.” Ignore the extraneous and very defensive stuff (“directories make up the smallest portion of the waste stream when compared to other non-durable products”), and just decline delivery of yellow pages.
The white pages — no such luck.
The good news is: With all the snow we’ve had, the phone books we never picked up will be buried till May.
The bad news: When we finally try to throw them away, they’ll weigh 12 tons.
(To opt out of yellow pages delivery, click here.)