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  The reason why junk mailers don't often honor requests from these various junk mail services is because at the moment there's nothing that forces them to do so. They're free to ignore your request, or a third party websites' request.

  If Do Not Call wasn't written into law in 2003, would telemarketers be bound to honor your requests? No.

  That's why we need an enforceable, legislated Do Not Mail Registry, which is what ForestEthics is calling for with this petition:

  donotmail.org

  Nearly 30% of all the mail delivered in the world is US junk mail.

  If we're serious about addressing climate change, we must address deforestation. Deforestation accounts for 20% of global carbon emissions-- more than all trains, planes, and automobiles combined.

  And if we're serious about addressing deforestation, junk mail is fantastic place to start. Sign the petition at donotmail.org !

   

  On 365 days of junk mail posted 3 months, 1 week ago 11 Responses

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  Funny, ForestEthics Back2School says different...

  Today ForestEthics happened to release a Back to School pencil report card which gave those Earthwrite Pencils a grade of "C", while two other products got A's, and two big pencil companies got F's.

  It's on the front page of www.forestethics.org right now.

  The companies were graded on the amount of pre- and post-consumer recycled content (though pre-consumer content is kind of lame-- just because it's leftover scraps from making something else doesn't mean that it's not clearcut BS), FSC certification, and links to the notorious Sierra Pacific Industries.On A guide for greener back-to-school shopping posted 1 year, 2 months ago 4 Responses

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  No More Green Issues, Please.

  That's the title of ForestEthics' Executive Director Todd Paglia's column in the Huffington Post:

  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/todd-paglia/no-more-green-i ...

  He basically argues that a mainstream high-circulation magazine doing environmental stories was impressive in 2006-- but not anymore.

  With deforestation accounting for 20% of global carbon emissions, this is an industry that needs to be pushed a little harder, and perhaps petted  a little less.

  That said, I like several of the stories in VF-- I can't think of another magazine with a circulation that high doing the story they did on Monsanto.On Paper mags go green(ish) for one month posted 1 year, 6 months ago 9 Responses

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  DNM list would allow you to get catalogs you want

  A Do Not Mail registry would allow mailings from companies with which you have a prior business relationship, i.e. you've purchased something from them. If you go to that catalog's website, actually buy something or request contact, then you could be on their list. That way, paper is only used if you're actually interested in what that company is selling. Opt-in rather than opt-out.
  On Do Not Mail Registry campaign launches posted 1 year, 8 months ago 6 Responses