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Reduce Waste and Energy by Stopping Unwanted Mail

Thursday, 25 June 2009

Did you know that each American receives almost 560 pieces of junk mail per year? That's enough to drive anyone nuts... but did you ever think about the environmental impacts of all this unwanted mail? Annually, the production and transport of junk mail consumes more energy than 2.8 million cars, and uses 100 million trees. Want to help put an end to this madness?

Sign up for an unwanted mail reduction service, which will not only reduce your environmental impact, but will bring you some peace of mind each time you visit your mailbox. Here's a few options:

• Mailstopper - a paid service that stops your junk mail and actively keeps you from getting back on mailing lists. They promise to stop 90% of your junk mail in 90 days for $20/year.
• Do Not Mail Registry - a free way to add yourself to DirectMail.com's National Do Not Mail Registry, where you can pick and choose which lists you'd like to opt in or out of.
• Catalog Choice - a free way to opt out of paper catalogs and choose which catalogs you wish to subscribe to online through iCatalogs.
• Opt Out Prescreen - a free way to opt out of preapproved credit card and insurance offers. You can choose whether or not you'd like to provide your social security #.
• Yellow Pages Go Green - a free way to remove your name from the phone book mailing list if you prefer to use online directories instead.