I was watching a news channel this morning and saw a discussion of this service. CatalogChoice.org offers a free service that lets you decline paper catalogs that you do not want to receive. Catalog Choice is a sponsored project of the Ecology Center and is endorsed by the National Wildlife Federation and the Natural Resources Defense Council. You might want to give this free service a try, whether you want to do it for reducing mailbox clutter or to save the natural resources (the production and disposal of direct mail alone consumes more energy than three million cars).
Remember to check out their FAQ page for more information. Click here to access their Web site.
There are some additional Web sites that you may want to check out. For example the site stopthejunkmail.com has been in business since 2001 and they even offer 100% guarantee. Check out this demo of how their site works. Other online sites include proquo.com which is free and paid sites greendimes.com and 41pounds.org.
November 5th, 2007 at 12:01 pm
What station did you see it on this morning?
November 5th, 2007 at 12:19 pm
Bill, I saw it on MSNBC this morning. If I am not mistaken, the lady who was discussing this topic was either the owner or a representative of the site. Do you know of any other good sites?
November 5th, 2007 at 12:27 pm
We have been running a service since 2001 http://www.stopthejunkmail.com
See http://www.stopthejunkmail.com/how-to-stop-junk-mail.cfm for a demo of how the site works. Other sites that have come online in the past year or so is proquo.com which is free and greendimes.com, 41pounds.org which are pay services like ours.
November 5th, 2007 at 12:36 pm
Thanks Bill. I will update the blog to mention these as well. Every service is a bit different and some people may find these paid services to be valuable as well.