Action #121

Stop junk mail

 
This action has been done 2,765 times which means 107.835 trees have lived to see another day.
 
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A pizza flyer? For me? You shouldn't have... No. I mean it. You really shouldn't have.

Every year 3.5 million trees are cut down to make the junk mail we get through our doors in the UK. Pizza flyers are ok, but they make lousy forests.

  • Mrs Green Mrs Green and friends did this action and got 50 people to do it too

    how to stop junk mail for good!

    There is a great widget called Junkbuster which enables you to opt out of the following in about 30 seconds:

    * Royal Mail's Door-to-Door Opt-Out
    * Your Choice Preference Scheme for Unaddressed Mail
    * Mailing Preference Service
    * Yellow Pages
    * Thomson Local
    * BT Telephone Directory

    Find it here: http://www.junkbuster.org.uk/

    Here is our You Tube video on how to deal with your mail so there is nothing for landfill!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8QjBSCzglc
     14 October 2009, 05:48

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  • MAurice MAurice and friends did this action and got 3 people to do it too

    Use the iPhone instead to help reduce junk mail

    Im a big fan of a site called http://www.lasoo.com.au that provides leading retail catalogues in digital format. I find it even easier to find all these great catalogues using my iPhone http://www.lasoo.com.au/lasoo-iphone-app.html 27 May 2010, 07:38
  • zack hemour zack hemour and friends did this action and got 6 people to do it too

    junk

    put a no junk mail sticker on the door 16 May 2010, 15:57
  • Sophia Sophia and friends did this action and got 10 people to do it too

    Stop wait a minute Mr Postman

    I help spread the messege by using the Beatles song Mr Postman , it really helped to get the action in peoples heads. 05 May 2010, 11:56
  • Sue Beverley Sue Beverley did this action

    No to junk mail

    The Post Office don't really like you doing this but if enough of us said no to the endless junk mail it would no longer be a viable means of communication for companies. contact the mailing preference website and tell them that you do not wish to receive unsolicited mail. 08 April 2010, 08:52
  • Paul Johnston did this action

    Used Junk Buster site to opt out of all junk mail and phone books

    http://www.junkbuster.org.uk/ 10 March 2010, 19:38
  • BRAD BRAD and friends did this action and got 4 people to do it too

    stopping junk mail

    when someone came into my garden with a flyer i went to the door and said i dont want one And i said im doing this thing for my school and where not allowed to accept these things... 10 March 2010, 10:14
  • Chris Webb Chris Webb did this action

    Being in the SEO business...

    ... I am prone and vulnerable to spam/junk mail. Electronic or physical mail smothers me. In my business, good thing the only mail we send out are emails and only if a client wishes to receive them. So in a way, I guess I am doing my part :)

    Chris
    www.melbourneseoservices.com     18 February 2010, 12:34
  • Steph Robinson Steph Robinson did this action

    Junk mail sticker

    I was looking for a less agressive door sticker that reflected the eco reasoning behind not getting all these free papers and flyers, this 'I love trees no junk mail' please fits perfectly. Would suggest adding more key words to make it come up better on google searches cause it's tricky to find and by fair the prettiest and least offensive on the market. Good work! :0) 26 January 2010, 17:27
  • Chase Chase did this action

    Paperless statements.

    I get all the bills/bank/credit card stuff online now. But I still need to get them to stop sending us phone books since we never use them. 22 January 2010, 18:13
  • jessica jessica did this action

    NO JUNK MAIL!!!

    For christmas i got the teach your granny how to text and other ways to change the world book, its fab! As i was reading the book i found a page with stickers on it. You can put them your mail box, that say stuff like my letter box is on a diet no junk mail please.

    Cool fact: every year 3.5 million trees are cut down to make junk mail we dont want.

     04 January 2010, 20:26
  • Steve Schohan did this action

    I hate Junk mail

    I hate to get junk mail. I read an article that not only gets it out of my house, but costs the companies a second time. been doing these things for several years, get very little junk mail.

    1. Signed up for all do not mail lists.
    2. When i revieve mail, i black out my address and write "undeliverable return to sender"
    3. When i speak with my suppliers, ie phone company, other utilities. I ask to be removed from thier marketing.     26 December 2009, 14:18
  • beatboxing legend Rinor did this action

    i hate it

    i hate the pzza ones no whan listen to them soooo
    there rubbish man there werid man they are realy the are     26 November 2009, 11:50
  • Louise Hill Louise Hill did this action

    i know get all my statements online... no more paper waste! yay!

    my mum and 3 friends have done so too. 25 November 2009, 15:45
  • beatboxing legend Rinor did this action

    stop it now

    i want to stop that stupid pizza leflest its rubish 18 November 2009, 11:01
  • libby libby did this action

    stickers

    i stuck the sticker on my front door that says "my letter box is on a diet - no junk mail please" 14 November 2009, 07:29
  • Henry Richardson Henry Richardson and friends did this action and got 30 people to do it too

    Stop junk mail video

    09 November 2009, 16:35
  • Veeraj Vadgama Veeraj Vadgama did this action

    i deleted it

    all i did is delete all of them and messaged them saying not to send any! 03 November 2009, 17:37
  • Mrs Green Mrs Green and friends did this action and got 50 people to do it too

    how to stop junk mail for good!

    There is a great widget called Junkbuster which enables you to opt out of the following in about 30 seconds:

    * Royal Mail's Door-to-Door Opt-Out
    * Your Choice Preference Scheme for Unaddressed Mail
    * Mailing Preference Service
    * Yellow Pages
    * Thomson Local
    * BT Telephone Directory

    Find it here: http://www.junkbuster.org.uk/

    Here is our You Tube video on how to deal with your mail so there is nothing for landfill!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8QjBSCzglc
     14 October 2009, 05:48
  • Rose Rose and friends did this action and got 4 people to do it too

    stopping catalogs

    each time I get a catalog in the mail, I go on their website and send an email (I have a template I use) saying please remove me from the mailing list because, while I do a lot of mail order shopping, i do so exclusively from websites and consider paper catalogs to be nothing more than a nuisance and a significant waste of resources. I also ask them to flag the account, if possible, so that new orders will not generate more mailings.

    this has cut down my catalogs from 1-2 / day to almost none.     02 October 2009, 02:17
  • leaf leaf did this action

    Poor Trees


    WHY DO PEOPLE HAVE TO USE PAPER TO ADVERTISE THEIR COMPANY? I JUST DON'T GET IT?     03 August 2009, 16:36
  • Damian Denman Damian Denman did this action

    No junk mail

    I have stuck up the stickers found in one of the three books on the front of my door. I have also asked my mother for me to do it because of the paper wastage and she is all for it. 01 July 2009, 21:28
  • louise louise did this action

    stop junk mail


    We are getting loads of junk mail and all that paper that is used it cuts down trees and trees is a big thing to some of us. It is nature so STOP JUNK MAIL.     23 February 2009, 10:30
  • Liz Liz did this action

    stopping my mum's junk mail

    My mum, bless her, has had to go into a care home. While she was becoming more frail and visually impaired she was giving hundreds of pounds to charities and they were all sending her appeals and selling on her address because she never ticked those little boxes to say no! I've written to or emailed 58 charities to stop them sending her stuff, and some of them even wrote back to say thanks! I've also put her old address on to the mailing preference service (www.mpspnline.org.uk ) so that should stop loads of extra waste. I don't mean that charity appeals are junk, just that in this situation they were! 18 December 2008, 10:56

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  • Mrs Green Mrs Green and friends did this action and got 50 people to do it too

    how to stop junk mail for good!

    There is a great widget called Junkbuster which enables you to opt out of the following in about 30 seconds:

    * Royal Mail's Door-to-Door Opt-Out
    * Your Choice Preference Scheme for Unaddressed Mail
    * Mailing Preference Service
    * Yellow Pages
    * Thomson Local
    * BT Telephone Directory

    Find it here: http://www.junkbuster.org.uk/

    Here is our You Tube video on how to deal with your mail so there is nothing for landfill!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8QjBSCzglc
     14 October 2009, 05:48
  • Rose Rose and friends did this action and got 4 people to do it too

    stopping catalogs

    each time I get a catalog in the mail, I go on their website and send an email (I have a template I use) saying please remove me from the mailing list because, while I do a lot of mail order shopping, i do so exclusively from websites and consider paper catalogs to be nothing more than a nuisance and a significant waste of resources. I also ask them to flag the account, if possible, so that new orders will not generate more mailings.

    this has cut down my catalogs from 1-2 / day to almost none.     02 October 2009, 02:17

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