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I hate junk mail. We recently took out a 13 week trial subscription to our local newspaper. We only get the Sunday paper, which is fine with us because we barely have time to read that. But every Sunday evening I separate out all the advertisements to put them in the recycling. The size of the paper is cut in half without those ads! I know that this is at least in part attributable to the fact that nobody reads the paper anymore. With news available online, most newspapers are suffering and their only recourse is to get more advertising revenue. But that is not an excuse for the amount of junk mail I’ve been receiving. I looked it up recently and found that Americans receive around four tons of junk mail every year, using around 100 million trees! But don’t despair. If you want to make an impact on the amount of paper junk mail, you’ll need to register for the Mail Preference Service offered by the Direct Marketing Association. You can find a mail-in form for this at www.privacyrights.org/Letters/jm1a.htm. Send the mail-in form, along with a one dollar check or money order to:
Mail Preference Service
Direct Marketing Association
PO Box 643
Carmel, NY 10512

You can also register online at www.dmachoice.org/dma/member/regist.action.

As a postscript, I just want to mention that I have no control over the ads that appear with my blog. Usually they are for organic baby items, etc., but for some reason this time they are along the lines of chatting with “sexy singles.” Not my choice, and I apologize!

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