The Spokesman-Review -- County urged to back ‘Do Not Mail’
State law would model federal phone registry,
March 30th, 2010
Junk mail is costly to recipients as well as annoying, according to a Spokane woman who wants a spam filter of sorts for physical mailboxes.
In addition to indirect costs such as wasting resources and damaging the environment, junk mail imposes a disposal cost on recipients and local governments, Donna McKereghan told Spokane County commissioners last week.
She urged commissioners to ask the Legislature to pass a statewide “Do Not Mail” law modeled on the federal registry of telephone numbers solicitors are prohibited from calling.
Citing statistics prepared by the ForestEthics environmental organization, McKereghan said junk mail produces 56.2 tons of greenhouse gases annually. That’s the equivalent of the exhaust from more than 9 million cars.
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