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November 15, 2012

Local Search Association Celebrates America Recycles Day

Today, hundreds of thousands of people across the country are celebrating the 15th annual America Recycles Day, a national initiative of Keep America Beautiful. Our industry is marking the day by joining KAB in raising awareness about the importance of recycling outdated print phone directories through curbside recycling and other local recycling initiatives. Additionally, we’re…

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October 11, 2012

Illinois State Rep. Bill Cunningham and Yellow Pages Publishers Collaborate to Promote www.YellowPagesOptOut.com in Illinois

The Local Search Association and several of our member publishers are partnering with Illinois State Rep. Bill Cunningham to spread awareness among Illinois residents and businesses about the ability to easily control the delivery of Yellow Pages directories at www.YellowPagesOptOut.com. In a press release distributed yesterday throughout Illinois, Rep. Cunningham said, “I’m encouraged that Yellow…

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October 3, 2012

SERDC Recycling Summit 2012: Day 3 at the Summit

  Day 3 here at the summit in Point Clear, AL has been incredibly insightful. I’ve gotten the opportunity to meet some great folks and let community and industry leaders know more about the Local Search industry and our print directory opt-out site, www.YellowPagesOptOut.com. Yesterday, I had the chance to talk with Selma, AL city…

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May 25, 2012

Mayor Wellington E. Webb: Yellow Pages Publishers Build Partnerships to Promote Consumer Choice

Wellington E. Webb, who served as Mayor of Denver from 1991-2003, continues his series on the importance of raising visibility for our industry’s national consumer choice website, www.YellowPagesOptOut.com, which enables local residents and businesses to easily determine whether or not they want to receive directories. Here is the second post in Mayor Webb’s series. In recent years,…

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December 1, 2011

ZDNet’s The DocuMentor: ‘Glad the Industry is Doing Something’ to Address Opt-Out

A few months back, I commented on a post on ZDNet’s The DocuMentor blog that discussed efforts to either ban the phone book or make it opt-in. I shared information about why our industry’s opt-out program, www.yellowpagesoptout.com, is the better solution because it allows consumers who don’t want a printed phone book to stop receiving…

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October 13, 2011

Local Search Association and Cleveland City Council Raise Awareness for Consumer Choice Website

Earlier this year, the Local Search Association and the Association of Directory Publishers launched an upgraded consumer choice website, www.yellowpagesoptout.com, which makes it even easier for people across the country to choose which phone directories are or are not delivered to their homes. As part of our ongoing commitment to generating visibility for this valuable…

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July 6, 2011

A Look at SuperMedia’s Sustainability and Consumer Choice Initiatives

In our ongoing series on what Yellow Pages companies are doing to address sustainability and consumer choice issues, today we’re reviewing SuperMedia’s ongoing efforts on these fronts. SuperMedia’s activities include: Providing information on the covers of its directories on ways that consumers can opt-out of delivery, either online via the industry’s national opt-out website, www.yellowpagesoptout.com…

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March 31, 2011

Managing Print Directories in a Digital Age

Our friends over at 1-800-Recycling recently asked Neg to author a post on their blog. Check it out to learn more about how print directory recycling rates are improving and our efforts to reduce the number of unwanted directories that are delivered via our www.yellowpagesoptout.com program.

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September 22, 2010

Industry Joins With Environmental Group to Make a Difference

It’s been a busy couple of months on the consumer choice front.  Last week, we announced our plans to upgrade www.yellowpagesoptout.com to make it a one-stop shop for consumers who want to manage directory delivery to their homes.  When we launch the updated site in early 2011, you’ll be able to choose which phone directories…

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September 14, 2010

YPA and ADP Announce Plans to Develop Consumer Choice Clearinghouse

I’ve long been a believer that it doesn’t make sense to deliver a telephone directory to someone who doesn’t want one.  With that in mind, last year we launched a site called www.yellowpagesoptout.com to make it easier for people to manage delivery of phone directories to their homes. The site was a great first step…

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