We’ve been waiting for this a long time – San Francisco has taken the first steps in political action against junk mail with a resolution for a ‘Do Not Mail’ registry. If you feel like we do, you’ll agree this should have happened probably before the ‘Do Not Call’ registry. Not only is junk mail a nuisance like telemarketing, it’s more detrimental to the environment.
NEWS: San Francisco Passes First ‘Do Not Mail’ Resolution
Across the nation there have been a number of previous failed bills calling for a ‘Do Not Mail’ registry, but we think this will work – the resolution comes from the same Board of Supervisors who passed the nation’s first ban on plastic bags. For more details visit donotmail.org.
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Woot! If that applies to Silicon Valley, too, I'm a happy, happy girl...
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Me too, EmmieB! I have been SO waiting for this.
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I am so jealous! I have signed up for every Green Dimes-like program--I've opted out of catalogs (although Pottery Barn still ignores my requests) and credit card offers, the Penny Saver, etc, but I can't get away from those crappy coupon fliers that grocery stores and carpet cleaners send. I know they need to advertise, but I'm sick of it.
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Great idea. Another way is for towns to issue stickers to put on the mail box that forbid the PO from delivering certain kinds of mail. I've seen this in the Netherlands. If it can't be delivered to most people (and most mailboxes I saw had the stickers) then the supply end of the chain will hopefully slow down on the sending.
I have found that opting out of catalogs has reduced the delivery of many....but not at Christmas!
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