20 percent of Seattle residents took advantage of phone book opt-out program
Apr 24, 2012, 10:58 AM | Updated: 12:15 pm
The city of Seattle says about one-fifth of the homes and business, 75,000 addresses, in the city have opted out of phone book deliveries since the choice was offered a year ago. (MyNorthwest.com/file)
(MyNorthwest.com/file)
The city of Seattle says about one-fifth of homes and business, 75,000 addresses, have opted out of phone book deliveries since the choice was offered a year ago.
The city says that’s 420,000 unwanted deliveries stopped.
“Which is saving us almost 400 tons of paper every year,” said City Councilmember Mike O’Brien.
The Seattle Public Utilities department expects another 25,000 homes and businesses to halt deliveries of phone books and yellow pages by the end of the year.
Residents can opt out online or with a phone call to (206) 504-3066.
Catalog Choice, the company contracted by the city to manage the stop phone book requests, also offers options for junk mail control at their website.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
