Who among us doesn't open the mailbox every day and find it stuffed with catalogs and junk mail? There seems to be a tremendous amount of it coming in, and cluttering our space. Here are a couple of Websites to simplify, or reduce the amount of catalogs and junk mail we get:dmaconsumers.org: This is the Direct Marketing Association’s (DMA) Consumer Information site. It is very clearly written, with information and instructions on removing your name from a variety of lists: mailing, telemarketing and email. You may also remove the name of anyone in your care.
catalogchoice.org: This is a free Web-based tool that allows users to stop getting catalogs from over 1,000 companies. If the catalogs from retailers you used over Christmas are stuffing your mailbox, this is a good tool to "cut the junk mail", at least until next Christmas.
Did you know that there are two sides to the environmental issue around catalogue usage? With almost 19 BILLION catalogs mailed last year in the U.S., it is estimated that 53 million trees were needed to produce them. That's a lot of trees. But on the other side, it is also estimated that 290 million gallons of gas could be saved (not used) if every American eliminated two trips to town, stayed home and ordered by catalog. Another environmental issue that isn't simple to solve!
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