The Bite:
Need protection from junk mail? Jump off your mighty steed long enough to sign up for an unwanted-mail (including phonebooks) reduction service. It'll shield you from paper and energy waste, as well as major hassle.
STOPPING JUNK MAIL
Chain Mail
06.25.2009
Submitted by tmeronek on Wed, 06/24/2009 - 11:00pm.
The Benefits:
- Saner knights. Each American receives almost 560 pieces of junk mail per year - more than enough to drive you batty.
- Armor against energy waste. The production and transport of junk mail consumes more energy than 2.8 million cars use every year.
- More trees for round tables. Annually, 100 million trees are used to make junk mail.
- More time for storming castles. Every American wastes about 8 hours per year dealing with junk mail.
Personally Speaking:
Jen, who hardly gets junk mail since signing up with MailStopper, hates the stuff so much that she's a little hasty with putting mail in the recycling bin - she's lost a couple bills and checks in the process.
Wanna Try:
- DirectMail.com - free, quick way to get your name off commercial mailing lists.
- MailStopper - paid service that stops your junk mail, and actively keeps you from getting back on mailing lists; promises to stop 90% of your junk mail in 90 days. Makes a great gift ($20/year).
- Catalog Choice - free service that'll get you on no-send lists to stop catalog spam.
- OptOutPrescreen.com - opt out of preapproved credit card and insurance offers online or by phone: 1-888-5-OPTOUT.
- YellowPagesGoesGreen - get your name off phonebook mailing lists.
- EcoLogical Mail Coalition - helps businesses stop mail addressed to former employees.
Cocktail Fact
The U.S. Postal Service is the country's third-largest employer (the Department of Defense and Wal-Mart are numbers one and two).
Bang For The Bite
If 10,000 Biters eliminate their junk mail, in a year we'll conserve the weight of 199 U.S. Postal Service trucks in paper.
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