Catalog Choice Paperless Blog – Seattle Leads the Nation
September 29th, 2010
… in enabling choice and reducing waste. The Seattle Public Utilities & Neighborhoods Committee unanimously approved Council Bill 116954, the first legislated opt-out program for unwanted paper-based advertising in the United States.
AN ORDINANCE relating to solid waste reduction; establishing license requirements for publishers of yellow pages phone books; establishing an opt-out registry and a recovery fee for yellow pages phone books, and amending the Seattle Municipal Code by creating a new Chapter 6.255.