S.F. Yellow Pages ban to be considered

S.F. Yellow Pages ban to be considered

SAN FRANCISCO -- San Francisco would become the first city in the nation to ban the unsolicited distribution of the Yellow Pages under legislation to be formally introduced today by Board of Supervisors President David Chiu.

The thick volumes, dropped off at nearly every home and office in the city, are becoming increasingly obsolete in the Internet age, Chiu says, and often end up unopened in the recycling bin.

His office estimates that more than 1.5 million Yellow Pages phone books are distributed in San Francisco every year.

"If we're serious about the environment, it's time we recognize that phone books are a 20th century tool that doesn't meet the business or environmental needs of the 21st century," said Chiu.

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You'd think the cost savings would cross someone's mind at some point, no? Or is the cost offset by selling ad space?

The unsolicited distribution of this unnecessary and outdated garbage is maddening.

from different companies. All go straight to the recycling bin.

support union. Oppose this.

Not everything has to be online-only. And paper can be recycled.

Less wasteful

I went straight to the recycling bin in my garage and tossed them in.

What a waste of trees.

Either you live exactly the way a bunch of authoritarian nannies say or you're in trouble. It doesn't sound like a very nice place to live.

So, nobody is telling you how to live. I don't know one business or individual that keeps their Yellow Pages and every business that I work with has stopped advertising in the Yellow Pages because of their general uselessness. Their distribution is a monumental waste of resources.

If anything, people here live their lives in more diverse and various ways than in any other city in America.

http://www.yellowpagesoptout.com/

Still I like SF idea. Make everyone opted-out and then give them the option to opt-in. Preferably by 3 methods, online, phone, and mail-in. They could mail postcard to every address, return it if you want the yellow pages (or go online or call).

In fact, they even drop off Yellow Pages at the gate to the alley that stores our garbage cans.

If they want to be irresponsible then then it should be opt-in only with fine for each book delivered to address that hasn't opted in.

are even found on the net, sometimes "old fashioned" works.

His grandfather's concept.

He lives in a house that 450 craftsmen worked on for 4 1/2 years.

I never even considered that royalties could be had from something such as the Yellow Pages.

Sonoman

They could hand them out with Happy Meals.

Sonoman