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I rely on whitepages.com and Google411, among other websites, for phone directories and looking up addresses. I never use the bulky, paper phone books we receive in the mail each year, so I always recycle them. If you don't use the large and cumbersome Yellow Pages and/or White Pages phone directory books that are mailed (sometimes in duplicate or triplicate) to virtually every personal residence and business address within the United States, I hope you recycle them or reuse/repurpose them. However, wouldn't it be more environmentally responsible to prevent those books from being mailed to you in the first place?

Yellow Pages Goes Green is a grassroots organization that is environmentally conscious. They have created an option to opt-out of the delivery of Yellow Pages and/or White Pages phone books. Signing up to opt-out of these mailings is similar to the National Do-Not-Call Registry. They send your request to the telephone directory organizations so that they will stop mailing the books to the address you provide. You can provide your home address and your office/business address (provided you are the business proprietor or have permission from the necessary personnel).

Yellow Pages Goes Green also expresses ideas to petition for the country-wide cessation of unsolicited phone book mailings. Please view the website for more information, including links to other "green," environmentally conscious websites and organizations.

Please spread the word by telling and emailing your friends and family about this website. Thanks!