> The Dirt on Junk Mail & How to Stop It > >The average person receives 10.8 pieces of junk mail each week, almost 560 >pieces a year. Every year, 4.5 million tons of junk mail are produced and >mailed, using 100 million trees in the process. 44% gets thrown away >without even being read. Junk mail mailing lists are sold back and forth >between businesses, making your name worth between 3 - 20 cents every time >it's sold. Despite the seemingly endless supply of junk mail, there are >several things you can >do to stop receiving it: Under the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, >consumers can call one of the 3 following bureaus to have their names >removed from virtually every mailing list used for unsolicited credit card >and insurance offers. >Equifax, 800/556-4711 >Experian (Formerly TRW), 800/353-0809 >TransUnion, 800/680-7293 > >The Direct Marketing Association represents many mail order sales companies >and estimates that listing your name on their suppression list will reduce >the number of national mailings coming to your home by 75%. DMA Preference >Service, 212/768-7277. Some companies don't participate in the DMA >service. Instead, call those companies' 800#s directly and speak to >customer service. Tell them to remove your name from their mailing list. >Returning the manufacturer's warranty card on a newly purchased piece of >equipment isn't necessary; those cards are primarily used to gather names >for mailing lists. Write to National Demographics & Lifestyles, NDL List >Order Services, 1621 18th St, Ste 300, Denver, CO 80202. Ask that your >name be removed from their lists. > >To have your name removed from major national sweepstakes mailers contact: >Publishers Clearinghouse, 800/645-9242 >Readers Digest, 800/234-9000 >American Family Publishers, 800/237-2400 > >For more info about junk mail and how to stop receiving it, see: >National Waste Prevention Coalition, www.metrokc.gov/nwpc >Consumer Research Institute, www.stopjunk.com/environment.html >Ecofuture, www.ecofuture.org/ecofuture/jnkmail.html >or contact the Native Forest Network, 406/542-7343 / [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >This info came from American Lands, 202/547-9105, [EMAIL PROTECTED], >http://www.americanlands.org and was brought to you by the Illionis Student >Environmental Network (ISEN), [EMAIL PROTECTED], www.prairienet.org/isen, >217/384-0830. > _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com
