Investigate West -- Seattle Council’s vote for a ‘Do Not Mail’ registry takes a stand for sustainability
,January 26th, 2010
Living sustainably means more than recycling. It also means cutting back on all that stuff that lands on those railroad cars that get sent to landfills in central Oregon from Seattle or barged across the Pacific Ocean from Hawaii.
Striking a blow for citizens who want to do their part, the Seattle City Council Thursday passed a resolution urging the Legislature to create a Do Not Mail junk mail registry akin to the Do Not Call registry for home phones. Yes, it will probably take federal action to get results. But it’s also true that you have to start somewhere. So take a stand, Seattle!
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