We all
receive lots of junk mail these days and it is very
easy to reduce this waste with minimum effort and at
no cost by following these simple rules.
Have
your name removed from mailing lists by
registering with the Mailing Preference
Society, Freepost 22, London W1E 7EZ. Tel
0207 766 4410. Fax 0207 976 1886. The easiest
way is to register online at www.mpsonline.org.uk
Return
junk mail unopened (write please remove from
mailing list on the envelope and post back. (You
do not need to use a stamp) or use the
freepost envelopes inside the mailings with
the request to remove you from the mailing
list. Enclose original documents to enable
the organisation to trace your details.
Don't
forget to return items as gone away or
deceased when you receive mail for previous
occupants or if the recipient has died or you
will continue to receive mail.
When
you apply for, or buy any service such as a
bank account, if you do not want to recieve
mailings from the organisation, make sure you
tick the mailing opt out box normally located
on the bottom of the form. Or if you have
ordered items on the internet make sure you
opt out of paper mailings.
Reduce
leaflets delivered by the Royal Mail by
opting out at this website. However, if you opt
out you will not receive government or local
authority distributed by the Royal Mail
either. In this area you will not receive
Essex Matters - the magazine of Essex County
Council.
To
stop mailings from any company with whom you
have - or have had - a customer relationship
such as your bank, credit card company,
insurance company, phone supplier, for
example, you will need to request them not to
send you anymore marketing mailings. Do this
either by returning their mailings marked
"No more marketing mailings please"
or by emailing them.
Try
putting a 'no unrequested mail' sign on your
letterbox.
Check
out the website www.itsmypost.com
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Over 235,000 tonnes of
junk mail is sent out in the UK every year.
Junk mail was voted the most annoying
industry.
Source: BBC series
'Brassed Off ' (June 2004)
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It takes approximately 6
trees to make one tonne of paper.
Source: Friends of the
Earth
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Every year we need a
forest the size of Wales to provide all the
paper we use in Britain.
Source: Waste Watch
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Each tonne of paper
thrown away costs approximately £30 to
discard
Source: Biffa, 2002
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The UK's national income
rises by around £154 for every additional
tonne of paper recycled and recycling paper
uses 28-70% less of the energy than virgin
paper.
Source:
Centre for Social and Economic Research on
the Global Environment, University of East
Anglia
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