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San Francisco Chronicle -- San Francisco to the rescue (again)

by Marisa Lagos , http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/cityinsider/detail?entry_id=36922
March 13th, 2009

First, it was plastic bags (well, plastic bags at large supermarkets and chain pharmacies). Now, City Hall's green crusader is taking on an enemy that's just as ubiquitous: junk mail.

Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, goaded on by the environmental nonprofit ForestEthics, introduced the legislation last fall, but put it on the back burner until now (his office is hoping to get it scheduled for a hearing on March 23). The measure wouldn't actually ban junk mail in San Francisco -- it's a resolution urging the state Legislature to create a Do Not Mail registry, akin to the National Do Not Call Registry.

So who isn't happy about the campaign? Postal workers. Check out this Newsweek article explaining why.

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