Stop receiving junk mail!

Fed up of junk mail? I am! Here's how you can reduce it!

When the bulk of your mail is junk, it makes you question how many trees were cut down just to be thrown out.  And to make matters worse, my mail box is not only filled with my junk mail, but that for the previous two tenants despite efforts to “return to sender”.

In order to help you go green and stop the insanity that is junk mail, here are some quick and easy steps you can take.

First things first, we need to make a distinction about the 2 types of junk mail; addressed and unaddressed.  Addressed mail (admail as referred to by direct marketers) is addressed to you with your name and address. This is because you appear on a mailing list somewhere.  Unaddressed mail, is pure junk, usually in the form of grocery store flyers, flyers from realtors and anything else that is unsolicited.

Call Canada Post at 1-866-607-6301 to stop receiving unaddressed mail

Canada Post is telling Canadians Junk mail is good for you,

The national postal service has been sending out letters across the country to those with the audacity to post “no flyer” signs on their mailbox, telling the reader they are missing out on “being connected with your local community.”

Canada Post has mailed more than 900,000 of the letters in hopes the recipients might change their mind.
“Your address is part of Canada Posts’ Consumers’ Choice database as a result of having a ‘no flyer’ notice on your mailbox,” read the letter. “You are currently not receiving unaddressed mail delivered by Canada Post that your neighbours are receiving. This includes mail that can save you money and keep you connected with your local community.”

To receive unaddressed mail (i.e. junk mail), Canada Post asks recipients to sign up by sending an enclosed paid postage card and remove their no flyer notices from their mailboxes.

Canada Post spokesperson Anick Losier says the letters were intended to update its Consumer’s Choice program, saying the program has not kept pace with Canadians who have changed their addresses.

STOP unwanted waste delivered to your porch

How to stop unwanted waste delivered to your porch?
1. Call the Canada Post to request no more junk mail: 1-866-607-6301.
2. Adhere a “No Junk Mail” sign to your mailbox.
Stop unwanted newspapers by calling them directly. It’s a tedious job, but someone has to do it, and because many of these papers are opt-out, you are the only one who can take action.

Canada Post asks Canadians to start accepting junk mail
http://globalnews.ca/news/585922/canada-post-opts-for-junk-mail/