Do Not Mail

The Columbus Dispatch -- Credit-card offers start to multiply

Tue, 10 Aug 2010

"Junk mail is inherently wasteful," said Mark Schofield of ForestEthics, which has worked with retailers to reduce the number of catalogs sent to people's homes. The group has been working with five of the largest credit-card companies - Bank of America, Chase, American Express, Discover and Capital One - to reduce paper and use more recycled paper.

Fort Worth Star-Telegram -- Fort Worth senior deals with a mountain of junk mail

Wed, 14 Jul 2010

In 2008 ForestEthics launched a website (DoNotMail.org) that listed the problems spawned by direct advertising and included a petition supporting a Do Not Mail Registry. The petition has more than 115,000 signatures. "Many people don't realize how easily their names and personal information are bought and sold," said Will Craven, a ForestEthics media officer. "It's quite easy to buy a list that targets very specific groups, people who are most vulnerable."

Help build a case against the worst junk mailers: Submit your junk mail story

We have all had at least one unpleasant experience with junk mail, and ForestEthics needs to hear about yours so that we can amass evidence that the worst junk mailers -- including Chase, GEICO, Bank of America, Discover, Capital One, and AmEx -- need to shape up and stop shipping out all this worthless crap.

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Do you know what's in your junk mail? Forests.

Wed, 19 May 2010

Specifically, Canada's Boreal Forest. Yesterday, ForestEthics joined eight other environmental groups in the largest conservation initiative in history. We're working around the clock to keep Endangered Forests out of your mailbox.

The Spokesman-Review -- Mail cull: Debating a proposal for limiting unsolicited direct mail

Sat, 17 Apr 2010

The Do Not Mail resolution before the Spokane County commissioners, and soon to be before the Spokane City Council, makes good sense whether you’re concerned about the environment or just tired of “junk mail.” And when you think through the few objections to it, it makes even better sense.

Use video as a tool to grow the Do Not Mail Movement

Mon, 12 Apr 2010

Be our media, share your junk mail story on CitizenGlobal.

Learn how pass a Do Not Mail resolution in your city

The Spokesman-Review -- County urged to back ‘Do Not Mail’

Tue, 30 Mar 2010

Check out what Do Not Mail supporters in Spokane, Washington are up to -- working to pass their own Do Not Mail resolution!

Sign the petition to reform paper and forest certification practices

Junk mailers use a phony "green" label to certify their paper as sustainable. Help us stop the greenwash!

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FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES WARNED OF GREENWASH RISK

Tue, 09 Mar 2010

Notice Advises Major Junk Mailers of Deceptive Claims by “Sustainable Forestry Initiative”

Postal Service to cut Saturday service?

Mon, 08 Mar 2010

US Postmaster General John Potter last week recommended that the Postal Service eliminate Saturday delivery in order to help stanch the multi-billion dollar bleeding that the USPS has been experiencing for nearly half a decade.