I was so tired of wrestling the mail out of our tiny mailbox, so I bought this larger one which I was installing when Jeana dropped by one day this week. I whined to her about the ridiculous amount of catalogues & other junk mail I get each day... between them and the newspapers, we recycle a nearly full garbage can of paper each week. Jeana told me that Americans receive almost 4 million TONS of junk mail each year which requires 100 million trees to produce. Reduced trees = increased global warming--even I see the connection. She told me that she was able to remove her address from all mailing lists by sending $1 (for processing) to:
Mail Preference Service
Direct Marketing Association
P.O. Box 643
Carmel, NY 10512-0643
Still, I like having some catalogues and would be reluctant to do away with all of them. I know that I should contact each catalog I don't want and ask to be removed from their list (but hey, I'm lazy). Jeana had an easier solution. One option is to subscribe to Green Dimes. For a one time $15 fee, you will receive a kit of information that requires activation. You will have to register with the Direct Marketing Association to ensure removal of your name. Green Dimes will monitor the DMA lists to make sure your name stays off their members' mailing lists. You can tailor your list to continue to receive catalogs from the companies whose information you wish to receive. Green Dimes will plant 10 trees in your name when you subscribe.
Nicole told me about another option that she's used (that's FREE!)....she signed up at Catalog Choice and has stopped 60 + catalogues already!!!! Stephanie adds that Catalog Choice is a sponsored project of the Ecology Center. It is endorsed by the National Wildlife Federation and the Natural Resources Defense Council, and funded by the Overbrook Foundation the Merck Family Fund and the Kendeda Fund. That's quite the pedigree!
To stop receiving credit card offers, call 1-888-5-OPT-OUT. To stop receiving ValPak coupon packets visit: www.coxtarget.com/mailsuppression/s/DisplayMailSuppressionForm.
Guess I didn't need to buy that bigger mailbox after all.
