Phone book poll

2 large and 2 small ones in the past 3 months. Just received an automated call to see if I received the books. No option to say "come pick them back up."

Walking on 30-A today and there is a panel van throwing bags with three phone books in each bag at every door step, placing one on every mailbox. :angry:
How does one stop such a tragedy to the trees. Seriously, how many phone books do we need? Can we all boycott Embarq or AT&T?
This is totally ridiculous and such a waste of money and paper.
About a week ago I saw a car at the recycle bin on 393 taking huge garbage bags of brand new phone books and dumping them into the recycle container.
WHY?!?
I now have 6 different phone books at my office.

Ash, you might consider reporting the phone company for littering on your property, or dumping garbage, both are violations. The cops could write tickets all day long, generating a lot of revenue for the County. I thought about calling the cops on the Avon salesperson who littered every driveway in my neighborhood with their catalog. If I want your catalog, I'll order it.

I don't mind my phone company delivering one phone book for our area, or even two, since PCB and Destin areas are separate books. What I do mind is every Skip, Jane and Harry throwing books in my yard. At least Embarq pays to have them delivered by the USPS. Everything else could be considered garbage if thrown in the yard or on the right of way. If I want the other phone books, I'll grab one while shopping. They are everywhere.

Per my neighbor, parts of phone books planted under your garden will help keep the nutrients from filtering through the sandy soil. She also uses them to keep the dog from digging under the fence.

I just whammy cockroaches with them!

How is there not an "opt out" for phone books?

The phone book delivery person is SEVERELY on my list for putting the #$^@*@* book right behind the rear tire of my car - thought I'd taken out a cat or something!

One place for this one
http://www.paperlesspetition.org/


per a poster on a yahoo bb

There are telephone numbers in the front of the books. Drop them a line rather than phoning if you can. Sometimes they keep sending you them.

If you get them from several different providers don't forget to copy your letter and send them to each one.

If anyone wants to grab a photo of some of the paper horror, I'll be glad to give you photo cred. I snapped one of the six laying next door this morning.

Be right back.....give me 20 minutes. :leaving:

Be right back.....give me 20 minutes. :leaving:

Got two. You want them sent to your email address you listed? I will also post them here on Sowal......soon as I remember how.

Got two. You want them sent to your email address you listed? I will also post them here on Sowal......soon as I remember how.

You can email them to me through sowal if you like. I'm working at home this afternoon or post'em if you want.

But make sure to send me your name so I can submit it with them. Thanks and

I sent the two pictures to the your Herald address. I'm having fits getting them onto Sowal. Grrr.

I sent the two pictures to the your Herald address. I'm having fits getting them onto Sowal. Grrr.

No prob. I'll get a gander at them in the morning. Thanks again. I'm going to keep my eyes open around town for any this week. I'll be working on this for next weeks issue.

One of the pics I sent you shows a building that is obviously unoccupied. You can see the lock key holder (or whatever they're called) hanging from the door knob, For Sale Sign and an empty building right through the windows, and there are two piles of books.
I believe there are people being paid to deliver books by the book. I will watch for a day or two and I will try to get you that photo of them being dumped into the recycle bins. That ought to get someone's attention!

One of the pics I sent you shows a building that is obviously unoccupied. You can see the lock key holder (or whatever they're called) hanging from the door knob, For Sale Sign and an empty building right through the windows, and there are two piles of books.
I believe there are people being paid to deliver books by the book. I will watch for a day or two and I will try to get you that photo of them being dumped into the recycle bins. That ought to get someone's attention!

U rock

I walked into the Seacrest beach mailbox area today. There were stacks and stacks of phone books....it seemed at least 2 for each home/lot/condo.

bonfire anyone???

Here are the photos Ash was trying to share.

I use mine to cover the bottom of my bird cage.

Thanks Minnie! I can always count on Minnie when I can't figure out how to get the pics to upload onto Sowal.

Two or three large and one small. They don't care how many they leave at your door step or road way. Most of this is pure trash.

I think they should only deliver them to their own subscribers.

Hope this helps.

We have the same issue here at home. Different companies try to sell "Yellow Pages" ads to local businesses. I keep only one phone book--the one with the biggest print. All the rest hit the recycling bin. I do feel bad for the businesses that have paid for the ads in the inferior (read: small print) books, because I know they are really, really expensive.

Ash, you might consider reporting the phone company for littering on your property, or dumping garbage, both are violations. The cops could write tickets all day long, generating a lot of revenue for the County. I thought about calling the cops on the Avon salesperson who littered every driveway in my neighborhood with their catalog. If I want your catalog, I'll order it.

I don't mind my phone company delivering one phone book for our area, or even two, since PCB and Destin areas are separate books. What I do mind is every Skip, Jane and Harry throwing books in my yard. At least Embarq pays to have them delivered by the USPS. Everything else could be considered garbage if thrown in the yard or on the right of way. If I want the other phone books, I'll grab one while shopping. They are everywhere.

Read your service agreement with your phone company. It's really fine, but you can get special glasses for that.

It allows them to deliver the phone book and allows other companies that purchase information from them to deliver additional books to your home as well. Oh and if you think not having a home phone prevents it your wrong. It's almost like deeded access for the phone companies to drop tree corpses on your porch.

It's almost like deeded access for the phone companies to drop tree corpses on your porch.

Tree corpses....what a perfect name for them. Good one SWGB. (Bold by me)


Smiling Joe: When I was on 30-A yesterday, the phone books being thrown on everyone's driveway was a white panel van and the phone books were all Embarq. The photos I took were Embarq on top of the mailboxes.

In the last couple of months, I received at least 5 !!! HAd annother new one in my mail box yesterday!And I very rairly use any of them. I usually look up#s on on puter.

I walked into the Seacrest beach mailbox area today. There were stacks and stacks of phone books....it seemed at least 2 for each home/lot/condo.

bonfire anyone???

I was goona report this. Wow, they are all still there. Amazing.

I have to drive 28 miles one way to drop the things in a recycle bin!!!!So i just pitch them in the garbage:angry: