How I Stopped Junk Mail.
I was on the trip for two weeks overseas.
Upon arriving to USA, i checked my mail. I had a notice from the Post Office to pick up mail since it did not fit in the mailbox. The amount of mail that I had was ridiculous.
I had only 10-12 letters that were addressed to me. The rest was for " Our Neighbor", " Current Resident" etc. I decided to stop this.
Below are the steps that I took to reduce/eliminate junk mail.
Stop Junk Mail Facts
Average American spends 8 month opening junk mail.
Approximately 40% of the solid mass that makes up our landfills is paper.
$320 million of local taxes are used to dispose of junk mail annually.
How to Stop Junk Mail USA
1. Stop credit card offers, insurance and mortgage.
You can do this online at:
http://www.optoutprescreen.com
You can always apply for a credit card online. I have been doing this since 2002 and always got my card in the mail.
2. Register with Direct Marketing Association.
It represents many mail order sales companies, and estimates that listing your name with their mail preference service will stop 75% of all national mailings coming to your home. It takes anywhere between 30 and 90 days to go into effect.
You can register online:
3. Register with National Do Not Mail List
created by Direct Mail.com
4. Opt Out of Phone Book Delivery.
Opt out here of yellow and white book delivery.
Although local communities recycle, 600 000 tons of phone books still end up in landfill.
You can use online yellow or white pages to find all information.
Stop Donations Mail from Vietnam Veterans of America.
To stop paper notifications, please call 1-800-775-83-87 and tell them your address.
You can schedule a pick up of donations online.
5. Stop Savings Coupons.
Stop Val-Pak Savings Coupons.
Val-Pak maintains regional lists, not a central one.
Send your request to the address printed on the envelope you receive.
If you receive the blue envelope you can also remove your address from their website.
Money Mailer Coupons
To add or remove your address from their mailing list please email
Please provide your mailing address and name.
Subject:please remove me from your mailing list.
Savvy Shopper
You can subscribe to their digital version of coupons here
To remove from future mailings, fill out online form.
SuperCoups
Blue and yellow envelope with coupons.
You can opt put by submitting opt-out form to SuperCoups
In the reason for request specify :"Local Advertising Information".
Penny Saver
Ho to stop receiving Penny Saver Coupons?
Remove your name from mailing list of Penny Saver.
Choice Savings
To stop Choice Savings mailings please fill out address.
6. Opt out of Specific companies.
ADVO (Valassis )
(Mail comes with pictures of missing children).
Remove from their list
BED BATH and BEYOND coupons etc.
Remove from the mail list
You can subscribe for email coupons and offers.
Geico Insurance
Is the only one who keeps sending invitations all the time.
To stop, please email to them with full address ,
including zip code to marketingremoval@geicomail.com
AJC (Atlanta Journal Constitution )
1-2 page newspaper ( usually addressed as Resident) you can stop it. Call Delivery at 404-522-4141, transfer to operator and give them NS R number (located on the label with address) .
It will put a permanent stop effective in one week.
7. Manufacturer's warranty registration card.
You are covered by the warranty whether a card is returned or not.
These cards are used to gather names for mailing lists. Avoid them.
If you filled one in the past, write to National Demographics and Lifestyles to be removed from the list.
National Demographics and Lifestyles
List Order Department
1621 18th St. Suite 300
Denver, CO 80202
Download Sample Letter
8. Contact national sweepstakes mailers.
If you receive anything from companies below, contact them to be removed from their list:
Publishers Clearinghouse, 101 Channel Drive, Port Washington, NY 11050 Phone: (800) 645-9242
Download Sample Letter
Readers Digest, Readers Digest Road, Pleasantville, NY 10570 Phone: (800) 234-9000
Download Sample Letter
American Family Publishers, PO Box 62000, Tampa, FL 33662 Phone: (80...
Download Sample Letter
9. Pornographic or sexually explicit mail.
If you receive unwanted pornographic or sexually explicit mail, there is a powerful legal tool in your corner called Form 1500. By filling out the form and attaching the specific piece of junk mail you want stopped, a company becomes criminally liable if it continues to send you unwanted mail. You can get a copy of Form 1500 by visiting your post office, calling the U.S. Postal Service, or downloading the form here
10. Don't have the time? Hire a junk mail removal service.
41pounds.org can help you reduce junk mail, preserve the environment. For $41 (just 2 cents a day), the 41pounds.org service will contact 20-35 direct mail companies to remove your name from their distribution lists. This includes almost all credit card applications, coupon mailers and magazine offers, plus the catalogs you specify. Google "stop junk mail" and choose the company for yourself. But generally, 15 minutes of your time needs to be allocated to take all these steps yourself.
11. Enroll in direct deposit.
Top ten reasons to use direct deposit
Convenience
Saves time
Reliability
Reduces stress
Saves gas money
Can't get lost or stolen
Saves trees
Prompt availability of funds
Traceable transaction
Peace of mind if on vacation on payday.
12. Enroll in paperless statements from bank, credit card, cell phone company etc.
Pay your bills online.
If all U.S. households viewed and paid their bills online the reduction in paper would save 16.5 million trees a year.
13. Please take a moment to sign Do Not Mail petition.
When signing petition, you can list your name as anonymous.
Other tips:
If mail comes addressed to another name, return it with "Not at this Address".
You can write: REFUSED - RETURN TO SENDER for the mail that is still coming after taken all of the above steps.
If you've had it with companies sending you products or disks in the mail that you don't want, there is an option. First, look for any of the following phrases:
return service requested
forwarding service requested
address service requested
change service requested.
If you find any of these phrases, write "refused, returned to sender" on the unopened envelope.
Mail sent to "Resident," "Current Resident," or "Current Occupant" can be refused if it contains one of the above endorsements, or is sent First Class.
When you receive unsolicited products in the mail such as those from charities, you can mark the envelope “Return to Sender”.
If you really irritated by some company that will not stop mailing you, download letter below.
( The letter was supplied by a site visitor : stated that it worked 100 % of the time).
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