Friday, January 21, 2011

Opt-out yellow pages

Want to to the yellow pages? Courtesy of @ Cleanbinproject today I learned that you can opt out of the yellow pages. Here is the link that was your Twitter after http://delivery.ypg.com/delivery/


Not only is the yellow pages use a whole heck of a lot of paper created, it is basically useless. Umm Google? It is a wonderful thing. Do you want a pizza? Go to Google maps, type in "Pizza in nearby my address" and presto, your answer.


Also, yellow pages and Canpages, are expensive to advertise. If you want an ad that makes impact need $1,000 spend each month (also that slow!) otherwise combined with all others will display in your category. Now, what is that?


Thirdly, weigh much (I have to weigh a handy but I have a question, the greater Twitter community via @ start recycling.) (If I were to guess, I about 2 KG say.) And what we burn all that fuel for our vehicles? Move the 150 lb driver? No! Fuel is burned, move the 1500 KG steel cage, that surrounds the 75 KG driver. (If you just want to move a body a 50cc scooter engine will work handy 60 Railway Office)


So, not only all these yellow pages print affects the environment (I was not able to find the number delivered in Vancouver but I expect to 100's thousands in the greater Vancouver area) only in the ink, paper, etc.. But remember the fuel burned necessary, move them to your delivery locations and then pick when you keep unread annual doors open etc. sat have. Then go lines sorted by people who went to work in the heated buildings on sorting and have from the cardboard out kept and then converted to a mill in pulp, transported and so on. This is one heck of a footprint vs. Googling "pizza" or "fresh start recycling".


Fresh start is numbers never advertise in the paper version of the yellow pages. It is not correct. It's bad for the environment, and we should accept this from our citizens.


Check out Miss 604's article about this from last year: http://www.miss604.com/2009/10/yellow-pages-custom-delivery.html I borrowed your image below.



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1 comment:

  1. If print yellow pages are so "useless", why is this guy so upset: http://bit.ly/f8WsAk.

    Guess someone must be using those directories

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