Glorified paperweights: Will Great Lakes cities follow Seattle’s lead and opt-out of phone books?

Last April, Echo investigated the amount of waste created by phone books — paper directories that are often used as bookends rather than their intended use.

The city of Seattle, Wash. became the first U.S. city earlier this month to implement an opt-out program for these hefty paper weights. Publishers will also be required to pay the recycling bill.

The Yellow Pages Association also created a website for people to search for opt-out options.

I decided to end the paper assault and did so successfully with one company. But when I got to AT&T I might have ordered an extra one by accident. I guess I’ll find out if a brand, spanking new door-stopper shows up in the mail.