Want to Reduce the amount of Junk snail mail you receive?

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I found this today when looking at a web page for the neighboring towns recycling center. They have a word doc that has a bunch of tips on how to reduce the amount of junk mail you receive (old fashioned paper mail).

There are several websites and phone numbers that you can go to to "opt out" of various marketing lists.

Here's the link
http://www.keeppearlandbeautiful.org/files/JUNKMAILFACTS.doc

And if you don't have word, or don't want to pull up the link....

JUNK MAIL FACTS
●100 million trees are ground up each year for unsolicited mail.
●Annually 28 billion gallons of water are used up to process the paper.
●Scarce landfill space disfigures rural areas and pollutes ground water.
●Approximately 340,000 garbage trucks, and all of the fossil fuels required to power them, are needed to haul away mailings that don't quite make it to the recycling bins.
●In 1999 catalogs and other direct mailings weighing in at 5.6 million tons entered into the solid waste stream.
●44% of all junk mail is thrown in the trash, unopened and unread.

TIPS TO REDUCE JUNK MAIL
●When providing your name and address to a business or organization, request that they not rent, sell or exchange it with anyone else.

●Contact your credit card companies and request that they do no sell, trade or lend your name to mailing lists.

●Request an unlisted phone number from the telephone company.

●Avoid participating in sweepstakes and contests.

●When completing warranties, product registrations or questionnaires, do not include personal information.
TIRED OF RECEIVING COUNTLESS CATALOGS, CREDIT CARD OFFERS & COUPONS??

●Business and other organizations subscribe to the Direct Marketing Association (DMA) to gain access to the largest mailing list in the country. Go to their website Direct Mail Marketing - Mailing List - DirectMail.com or call 1-888-690-2252 to opt out of their system.

●Transactions with mail order catalogs are compiled by Abacus Direct Corporation. To opt-out of their database send your name and address to Abacus, P.O. Box 1478, Broomfield, Co. 80038 or go to their website optout@abacus-us.com .

●The major consumer credit bureaus generate mailing lists for potential lenders that send pre-approved credit card, bank and insurance offers. To reduce solicitations, have your name and address removed by calling 1-888-567-8688.

●To reduce the number of items addressed to Occupant or Current Resident, call 1-888-241-6760 and ask to be removed from the ADVO mailing list or go to their website at www.advo.com/consumersupport.html

●Say no to unsolicited advertising by contacting Valpak Coupons at Cox Target Media: Mailing Removal Request Form or call the Houston office at 713-849-4477 and ask to op-out.

●Mailing list companies collect information from government records, phone books, membership rosters and other sources to sell for marketing purposes. Contact Donnelley Marketing (owned by InfoUSA) to have your name removed at 1800-321-0869 or on their website at Mailing List - Email, Business, Sales Leads, Consumer - InfoUSA .

●Call the following data compilers to remove your address from their lists: Axicom: 1877-774-2094 and Equifax: 1800-873-7655.

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Here's another link with some good info.

Junk Mail: How Did They All Get My Address? | Privacy Rights Clearinghouse