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Renew Deal

(81,856 posts)
Wed Nov 19, 2014, 09:23 PM Nov 2014

What do you do with a new yellow pages?

I just received a new Yellow Pages. I put it right into paper recycling. What do you do with new phone books?


7 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Unlimited
Keep it and keep the old one
0 (0%)
Keep it and discard the old one
2 (29%)
Recycle it
4 (57%)
Trash it
0 (0%)
Burn it
0 (0%)
Use it for household needs (monitor stand, rip pages out, insulation, etc.)
0 (0%)
I don't receive a phone book
0 (0%)
Other
1 (14%)
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What do you do with a new yellow pages? (Original Post) Renew Deal Nov 2014 OP
oh memories... handmade34 Nov 2014 #1
I voted "Other" because I keep one or two current directories around Arugula Latte Nov 2014 #2
straight to the dump Warren Stupidity Nov 2014 #3
I don't know why I keep them. We never use them! femmocrat Nov 2014 #4
I keep it for the year and then recycle it. bigwillq Nov 2014 #5
Keep it and recycle the old one. Nye Bevan Nov 2014 #6

handmade34

(22,756 posts)
1. oh memories...
Wed Nov 19, 2014, 09:28 PM
Nov 2014

when I was young I remember my mother spending hours making doorstops from old phone books


 

Arugula Latte

(50,566 posts)
2. I voted "Other" because I keep one or two current directories around
Wed Nov 19, 2014, 09:39 PM
Nov 2014

(covering both individual numbers and "yellow pages" for businesses). They are not necessarily "The Yellow Pages" though -- I get a few different directories. So, most of them wind up in recycling. Not sure why these things are still so prevalent. You'd think by now it would be down to just one directory company, if that.

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
4. I don't know why I keep them. We never use them!
Wed Nov 19, 2014, 10:56 PM
Nov 2014

They used to be good for pressing flowers and leaves. Not that people do that anymore. LOL

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)
6. Keep it and recycle the old one.
Wed Nov 19, 2014, 11:24 PM
Nov 2014

Just in case I ever need it, which has not happened in at least 10 years, so I don't know why I still fo it.

Actually this has inspired me to start a poll.

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