Reducing or Eliminating Junk Mail

The City currently provides curbside newspaper and junk mail recycling for City residents. However,not having recyclables generated in the first place is even better!  The individual junk mail pieces sent to households in Bowie numbers in the tens of thousands every year. A Junk Mail Reduction-Elimination System would lessen or eliminate this junk mail from ever arriving at your house in the first place.

If you have too much junk mail to deal with individually, here is something you can do about it. Send a postcard or letter to: Mail Preference Service, Direct Marketing Association, PO Box 643, Carmel, NY 15012-0643. Include your complete name, address, zip code and a request to "activate the preference service". For up to five years, this will stop mail from all member organizations that you have not specifically ordered products from.

For those who have used this service in the past and those currently using this service, it really works. After all, how many new credit card solicitations do you need? The five minutes you take to contact this service will save you many times the return of your investment, and will help the environment in the process.