{"id":8339,"date":"2018-05-15T13:00:38","date_gmt":"2018-05-15T17:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/?p=8339"},"modified":"2021-11-19T12:37:14","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T17:37:14","slug":"green-tips-stop-the-junk-mail-monster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/2018\/05\/green-tips-stop-the-junk-mail-monster\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Tips:  Stop the Junk Mail Monster"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"font-size: 1.1em;\">\n<p style=\"background: #fbf0a3; text-align: center; color: #000000; line-height: 1.2; font-size: small;\"><strong> Learn to Live More Sustainably &#8211; One Step at-a-time<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/junkmail-pic.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8389 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/junkmail-pic-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/junkmail-pic-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/junkmail-pic.png 482w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>We usually think\u00a0of\u00a0junk mail as a minor inconvenience &#8211; crowding our mailboxes with\u00a0solicitations that we don&#8217;t need or want &#8211; but\u00a0for the environment, it&#8217;s much more than that.\u00a0 Check out these stats:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: text; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\">I<\/span>n 2015, households received 78.7 billion pieces of advertising mail, 62 percent of the total mail received.<\/li>\n<li>That&#8217;s 629 pieces of mail for each US household.<\/li>\n<li>In 2017, 34.2% (over 26,000 tons) of paper used in the US was discarded as trash.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Sources: <\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>United States Postal Service. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prc.gov\/docs\/96\/96795\/Household%20Diary%202015_2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Household Diary Study: Mail Use and Attitudes in FY 2015<\/a>. <\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/183635\/number-of-households-in-the-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Statisica.com The Statistics Portal, <\/em><\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/183635\/number-of-households-in-the-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">US Number of Households<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li>American Forest and Paper Association. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paperrecycles.org\/statistics\/paper-paperboard-recovery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Statistics: Paper and Paperboard Recovery<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Think there&#8217;s nothing you can do about junk mail?\u00a0 Think again.\u00a0\u00a0 You <strong><em>can<\/em><\/strong>, with a few simple <strong><em>steps<\/em><\/strong>, reduce it considerably.\u00a0 And the environment will thank you!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 1.1em;\">\n<p>1).\u00a0 Get your name added to the top two\u00a0national &#8220;do not mail&#8221; lists:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.directmail.com\/mail_preference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DirectMail.com<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/thedma.org\/accountability\/dma-choice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Direct Marketing Association<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2). &#8220;Opt out&#8221; of unsolicited credit card offers, either for five years or permanently, on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.optoutprescreen.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OptOutPrescreen.com website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>3). &#8220;Opt out&#8221; of catalogs that that you do not want &#8211; just call the toll-free number on the catalog. Or, use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catalogchoice.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CatalogChoice<\/a>, a non-profit that offers a service to do this for you.\u00a0 Are you getting a lot of catalogs from companies you never ordered from?\u00a0 W<span class=\"h4\">hen you order something from a catalog, your name and address is likely given to Abacus, an alliance of mostly catalog and publishing companies. To have your information removed from Abacus, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epsilonabacus.com\/get-in-touch\/consumer-data-deletion-requests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">contact them<\/a> with your name (including any middle initial), current address,, and previous address if you moved recently. Abacus can be reached either via <a href=\"mailto:nomail@epsilon.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">e-mail <\/a>or by mail (Abacus, Inc,. PO Box 1478, Broomfield, CO 80038).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>4). Set up all your bills to be paid automatically.\u00a0 Once done, you won&#8217;t have to remember to pay them, and you&#8217;ll save on stamps!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><em>Once you&#8217;ve done it, you&#8217;ll marvel at how easy it was, and wonder why it took you so long!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 1.1em;\">\n<p>Learn more about other easy ways to live more sustainably on our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/projects\/living-green\/green-tips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Green Tips &#8211; Here&#8217;s How page<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"page\" class=\"hfeed site\">\n<div id=\"main\" class=\"clearfix\">\n<div class=\"inner-wrap\">\n<div id=\"primary\">\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"clearfix\">\n<article id=\"post-8223\" class=\"post-8223 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-gogreenneedhamgreentips category-lg tag-news\">\n<div class=\"entry-content clearfix\">\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Check out information about our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/gogreenneedham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GO GREEN Needham campaign <\/a> and about ways that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/mygogreen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">you can participate<\/a> \u2013 taking steps to reduce your junk mail is a &#8220;Zero Waste&#8221; action on this page \u2013 get started with your plan to \u201cGO GREEN\u201d!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn to Live More Sustainably &#8211; One Step at-a-time We usually think\u00a0of\u00a0junk mail as a minor inconvenience &#8211; crowding our mailboxes with\u00a0solicitations that we don&#8217;t need or want &#8211; but\u00a0for the environment, it&#8217;s much more than that.\u00a0 Check out these<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":8389,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[234,292],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-8339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-green-tips","category-reduce-reuse-recycle","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenneedham.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}