The Bite:
Then you won't need those catalogs anymore. This year, get off catalog mailing lists to save energy, paper, and embarrassment when your neighbor sees you pull an unwanted mail-order-marriage catalog out of your box.
Are you ready to break off your relationship with mail order?
01.11.2008
Submitted by tmeronek on Fri, 01/11/2008 - 1:30am.
The Benefits:
- Mailbox bliss. Every American receives about 63 mailbox-clogging catalogs per year.
- Saving resources. U.S. catalog production uses 53 mil trees and enough water to fill 81,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools each year. Even true romance might not be worth all that.
- More time. Americans waste about 8 hrs per year dealing with junk mail - almost as much time as they spend writing alimony checks.
- Save money. Keeping your eyes off glossy pages filled with shiny bobbles might mean fewer impulse buys. Might...
Personally Speaking:
The SF Biter team has no idea how we got on the GK Elite Figure Skating mailing list, but we'd like to remove ourselves from it immediately.
Wanna Try:
- Catalog Choice - it'll get you on no-send lists and stops catalog spam.
- DirectMail.com - free, quick way to get your name off commercial mailing lists.
- OptOutPrescreen.com - opt out of pre-approved credit card and insurance offers online or by phone: 1-888-5-OPTOUT.
- EcoLogical Mail Coalition - helps businesses stop mail addressed to former employees.
- Native Forest Network's Guide - five easy steps to stop junk mail.
Cocktail Fact
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services reports that marriages arranged via mail-order have a lower divorce rate than the rate for America as a whole.
Bang For The Bite
If 10,000 Biters cut their catalog intake by 100%, we'll avert the same CO2 produced by powering 51 family homes for an entire year.
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