Phone books, those dust-collecting doorstops dumped in apartment lobbies and on front porches everywhere, are facing a new challenge more formidable than smartphones: a local movement to wipe them out.
Cleveland is starting a task force charged with finding ways to reduce the waste created by thousands of unwanted phone books, thanks to a resolution introduced Monday by councilman Matt Zone. A registry of the companies distributing the books, restrictions on distribution, and policies for removing unused books will be considered.
“They indiscriminately plop phone books around and litter the city,” says Zone. “You cannot recycle them in the regular waste stream; they require special recycling.”
This article appears in Apr 13-19, 2011.
“What’s a Google” comment seems a little biased, more like commentary that factual reporting. FYI, I believe they are now a member of the association.