Monday, August 17, 2009

Ideal Bite: Chain Mail


Ideal Bite: Chain Mail
June 25, 2009 Trouble viewing this email? Read it online...
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STOPPING JUNK MAIL
Chain Mail
If 10,000 Biters eliminate their junk mail, in a year we'll conserve the weight of 199 U.S. Postal Service trucks in paper.
Need protection from junk mail? Jump off your mighty steed long enough to sign up for an unwanted-mail (including phonebooks) reduction service. It'll shield you from paper and energy waste, as well as major hassle.
The Benefits
  • Saner knights. Each American receives almost 560 pieces of junk mail per year - more than enough to drive you batty.
  • Armor against energy waste. The production and transport of junk mail consumes more energy than 2.8 million cars use every year.
  • More trees for round tables. Annually, 100 million trees are used to make junk mail.
  • More time for storming castles. Every American wastes about 8 hours per year dealing with junk mail.

Personally Speaking
Jen, who hardly gets junk mail since signing up with MailStopper, hates the stuff so much that she's a little hasty with putting mail in the recycling bin - she's lost a couple bills and checks in the process.


Wanna Try?
  • DirectMail.com - free, quick way to get your name off commercial mailing lists.
  • MailStopper - paid service that stops your junk mail, and actively keeps you from getting back on mailing lists; promises to stop 90% of your junk mail in 90 days. Makes a great gift ($20/year).
  • Catalog Choice - free service that'll get you on no-send lists to stop catalog spam.
  • OptOutPrescreen.com - opt out of preapproved credit card and insurance offers online or by phone: 1-888-5-OPTOUT.
  • YellowPagesGoesGreen - get your name off phonebook mailing lists.
  • EcoLogical Mail Coalition - helps businesses stop mail addressed to former employees.


The U.S. Postal Service is the country's third-largest employer (the Department of Defense and Wal-Mart are numbers one and two).
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