Why is getting the mail anymore such a chore?! Getting themail is like working in a mail room-I have to sort all of the trash from whatis actually important mail, only I am not getting paid to do it! Perhaps Ishould bill all of these advertising companies for the time it takes me to gothrough all the garbage they stuff into my mailbox! Seriously, like manyothers, every day I find my mail box jammed full of unwanted advertisements, creditcard offers, catalogs, etc. I almost need a crowbar to pry it all out! Like many Americans, I generate enough trashon my own-I don’t need help stuffing my garbage and recycling bins with more!
According to a CBS News report, Americans receive more than 90billion pieces of mail each year! Most of this intrusive mail is composed of advertisementsthat we never asked for (about 59% of the mail you receive!). This amounts to50 million tons of junk mail that ends up as household waste every year-that isa lot of waste! Over consumption is an American trend, but the amount of mailwe receive far exceeds our consumption needs and wants-how many laptops andweight loss machines does one household really need?So why is opening the mail box is like walking onto a usedcar lot where you just can’t get away from the pushy salesperson? Believe it or not, the companies that generatethis garbage really believe that we want it! How can we escape being inundated withall of this trash and reduce the amount of paper we throw away? We can start by“opting-out”. There are several organizations that help keep this waste out of yourmail box and garbage bin by preventing unwanted mail, phone books, and otherforms of waste from ever arriving-allyou have to is sign up. The following links can help you kick these intrudersout of your mailbox, home, and trash bin. You can further reduce paper waste in your homeby opting for paperless billing. Many service providers today have thisoption-all you have to do is sign up for it with the provider(s) you use. This savesa significant amount of time any money for all parties and reduces the amountof paper waste generated in households across the country.
Help reduce the amountof paper waste you throw away by going to the following sites and opting out.
To say “good bye”rather than “good buy!” to ads you don’t need or want go to:
https://www.dmachoice.org/dma/member/home.action;jsessionid=139D7E21E8782950981CC4187858F1EB.tomcat2
Don’t need all ofthose expensive glossy catalogs? Go to:To keep that bulkyphone book from arriving-don’t chase the poor person tossing it on your doorstep down the street-opt out at:
Calling 1-888-5-OPTOUTwill stop the credit card offers from arriving to your mailbox and reduce therisk of your identity being jacked.
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