Booster seats. Door stops. Fodder for papier-mache projects. It seems those thick phone books that land on most folks' doorsteps each year get used for just about everything except locating phone numbers.
If some state and local lawmakers have their way, however, even those uses would go by the wayside.
Under legislation they hope to take to Sacramento in January, state Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, and Millbrae Councilwoman Gina Papan would bar phone companies from producing and distributing White Pages unless people choose to receive it.
"All of us know in these cost-conscious times, with growing awareness of the environment, that we need to make sure we don't waste resources," Yee said during a news conference at Millbrae City Hall on Thursday morning.