Phone books: California allows Verizon to end automatic delivery of paper phone books [View All]

(as I post this, 3 of the 4 phone books delivered to me and my neighbors remain outside, untouched (a terrible waste of paper, energy and potential source of litter --oh, the 1 phone book not there, it was mine and threw it in the recycle bin).

California Stops Automatic Delivery of the Phone Book

By SustainableBusiness at Matter Network

Wed Jun 15, 2011 9:13am EDT

Just weeks after San Francisco passed a law stopping the automatic delivery of telephone books, California regulators approved Verizon's request to end deliveries of printed white pages statewide.

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The California Public Utilities Commission granted Verizon's request to provide customers with an online, electronic version of the white pages. Customers also can continue to receive the traditional printed volume by request. Or they can request a free CD-ROM directory of residential listings.

In October, 2010, Verizon asked the PUC to waive the existing requirement to deliver residential white pages in print format. The company noted that significant human and natural resources are expended annually to print and automatically distribute directories to customers who may not want or use them.

"The PUC's decision to allow Verizon to end the automatic delivery of residential white pages listings is good news for California consumers and the environment," says Tim McCallion, president of Verizon's West region.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/15/idUS85259546620110615