Waste Reduction

Opt Out of Phone Books

updated: Monday, September 26, 2011

Tired of phone books piling up on your front doorstep, especially if you don't use them anymore? Opting out is even better than recycling.

A new website recently debuted that allows you to stop phone book deliveries with a just few clicks of a mouse . The website, donttrashthephonebook.org, is a joint effort by Yellow Pages Association, Conservation Minnesota, and local phone book publishers Dex One, Super Media and Yellowbook.

Interesting Fact: Telephone directories were banned from disposal in municipal solid waste (MSW) in Minnesota in 1992 (Minn. Stat. § 115A.951).

Unwanted phone books can be placed in your bin for collection. Contact Eureka Recycling at (651) 222-SORT (7678) for more information on how to recycle phone books.