Did you know that many states require telephone companies to deliver the White pages to your home? The folks at Whitepages.com released the results of a survey indicating that over 80% of people are willing to do without a local phonebook when told how many trees are used to produce it. While there is a little debate about the number of trees used to produce phone books (see the comments on their blog), the fact is that consumers deserve a choice about whether they get a phone book or not.
So what is necessary to give consumers the ability to opt-in to getting the white pages? Like many things, some laws have to be changed. There is something that you can do about it. Head over to Banthephonebook.org and sign their petition.
Thanks to NPR for running a short segment on this.
I can’t remember the last time I used the white pages to look up a phone number. Can you?
