Comments on: To Do: Get Rid of Junk Mail http://naturemoms.com/blog/2010/01/14/to-do-get-rid-of-junk-mail/ Green and Natural Parenting Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: zsa zsa http://naturemoms.com/blog/2010/01/14/to-do-get-rid-of-junk-mail/#comment-14007 zsa zsa Fri, 22 Jan 2010 08:28:58 +0000 http://www.naturemoms.com/blog/?p=4038#comment-14007 I like tip #3. Haha I so agree with you that junk mail is very wasteful! Because of the problem of junk mail, we also felt the need to tell people how they can get rid of it in our series, 31 Days to become Greener and Healthier. Here's one of our tips on reducing junk mail: Register with the Mail Preference Service of the Direct Marketing Association (DMA). The DMA will list you in its database in the “Do Not Mail” category. Simply visit theDMA.org and follow their instructions for removal. I like tip #3. Haha I so agree with you that junk mail is very wasteful! Because of the problem of junk mail, we also felt the need to tell people how they can get rid of it in our series, 31 Days to become Greener and Healthier. Here’s one of our tips on reducing junk mail: Register with the Mail Preference Service of the Direct Marketing Association (DMA). The DMA will list you in its database in the “Do Not Mail” category. Simply visit theDMA.org and follow their instructions for removal.

]]> By: Nell@CrunchyPea.com http://naturemoms.com/blog/2010/01/14/to-do-get-rid-of-junk-mail/#comment-14006 Nell@CrunchyPea.com Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:26:49 +0000 http://www.naturemoms.com/blog/?p=4038#comment-14006 The junk mail in PO Box is insane. We asked how to get off the list for the local advertisements and they told us there is no way. We have to get that mail. Not only does it take up valuable space in the mailbox, but it's just such a waste of trees... it makes me sad and angry. Nell The junk mail in PO Box is insane. We asked how to get off the list for the local advertisements and they told us there is no way. We have to get that mail.

Not only does it take up valuable space in the mailbox, but it’s just such a waste of trees… it makes me sad and angry.

Nell

]]> By: andiscandis http://naturemoms.com/blog/2010/01/14/to-do-get-rid-of-junk-mail/#comment-14005 andiscandis Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:55:01 +0000 http://www.naturemoms.com/blog/?p=4038#comment-14005 I saved all of my junk mail one summer and then spent an afternoon emailing the companies and requesting that my name and address be removed from their mailing lists. You have to give your address exactly as it's shown on the mailing label that they sent. Almost all of the junk mail had a Contact Us email or web site listed, so I didn't have to research who to contact. My biggest gripe is catalogs. I took myself off every catalog mailing list, but every time I order something from the online store (hello, Hanna Andersson) I get put back on the list. OR, if someone orders a gift for me, I get put back on the list. I don't know if Catalog Choice fixes that or not. I saved all of my junk mail one summer and then spent an afternoon emailing the companies and requesting that my name and address be removed from their mailing lists. You have to give your address exactly as it’s shown on the mailing label that they sent. Almost all of the junk mail had a Contact Us email or web site listed, so I didn’t have to research who to contact.

My biggest gripe is catalogs. I took myself off every catalog mailing list, but every time I order something from the online store (hello, Hanna Andersson) I get put back on the list. OR, if someone orders a gift for me, I get put back on the list. I don’t know if Catalog Choice fixes that or not.

]]> By: Jackie @ Lilolu http://naturemoms.com/blog/2010/01/14/to-do-get-rid-of-junk-mail/#comment-14004 Jackie @ Lilolu Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:52:42 +0000 http://www.naturemoms.com/blog/?p=4038#comment-14004 I couldn't help but chuckle when I read #3. I wish I'd thought of that. I couldn’t help but chuckle when I read #3. I wish I’d thought of that.

]]> By: Chuck Teller http://naturemoms.com/blog/2010/01/14/to-do-get-rid-of-junk-mail/#comment-14003 Chuck Teller Fri, 15 Jan 2010 01:25:45 +0000 http://www.naturemoms.com/blog/?p=4038#comment-14003 Tiffany - Catalog Choice is a free national service that citizens can use to reduce junk mail. See all the testimonials from our fans at http://facebook.com/CatalogChoice. We service 1.1 million households and growing. Tiffany – Catalog Choice is a free national service that citizens can use to reduce junk mail. See all the testimonials from our fans at http://facebook.com/CatalogChoice. We service 1.1 million households and growing.

]]> By: Specialk http://naturemoms.com/blog/2010/01/14/to-do-get-rid-of-junk-mail/#comment-14002 Specialk Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:04:09 +0000 http://www.naturemoms.com/blog/?p=4038#comment-14002 You have great ideas to minimize all of the junk mail. I also use Catalog Choice to avoid unwanted catalogs (www.catalogchoice.org) You just enter the ones that you want to stop getting. You have great ideas to minimize all of the junk mail. I also use Catalog Choice to avoid unwanted catalogs (www.catalogchoice.org) You just enter the ones that you want to stop getting.

]]> By: Gardenmom29 http://naturemoms.com/blog/2010/01/14/to-do-get-rid-of-junk-mail/#comment-14001 Gardenmom29 Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:36:54 +0000 http://www.naturemoms.com/blog/?p=4038#comment-14001 Great ideas. I haven't found many good ways to recycle the plastic that comes in certain things. Like junk mail. The plastic that comes in some food packaging is also annoying. I might try sending some of the mail back. Will probably annoy my mailman though. Ha ha. Great ideas. I haven’t found many good ways to recycle the plastic that comes in certain things. Like junk mail. The plastic that comes in some food packaging is also annoying. I might try sending some of the mail back. Will probably annoy my mailman though. Ha ha.

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