STOP JUNK MAIL

BANNING JUNK MAIL

Discussion points:
- Defining Junk Mail: unaddressed pieced of mail or unsolicited advertising inserts in newspapers.
- Direct Marketing keeps people employed and generates business.
- Large quantities of junk mail are dropped in the waste bins, not all of it is recyclable.. add the impact of the colours, chemicals..
- A lot of fresh water is used in the process of recycling.
- Follow the money to find out - Canada Post has a large chunk of it's revenue generated from distributing junk mail.
- On the other hand, Canadians care about the environment.
- How can we get Direct Marketing go all green - ideas, spam??
- Why is our government (actually all levels of it) still protecting this dirty business?
- Paul Bies, from Mistique.Ca agrees that junk mail (according to the definition above) should be banned.
- Ray Glowa from GreenAgeMedia urges us to do something about it.

Solutions suggested:
- Ban Junk Mail - everyone agrees.
- Place a RED DOT in your mailbox and talk to your mailman - no junk please (does not work in condos)

Canada Post How Do I Stop Delivery of Admail - Solution | Solved | Guaranteed

Canada Post 
How Do I Stop Delivery of Admail  - Guaranteed 

Canada Post - Customer Service

https://www.canadapost.ca/cpo/mc/personal/support/helpcentre/default.jsf#Phone

Phone::  1-866-607-6301 -  1 - 1 - 0 - 0 - 0

1.)  SOLUTION #1a

...as per Canada Post - Customer Service

TAPE OR STICKER IN THE MAILBOX 

saying:   "NO AD MAIL"  “no flyers/junk mail”,  "NO FLYERS / JUNK MAIL" 

https://www.canadapost.ca/cpo/mc/personal/support/helpcentre/receiving/admail_stop.jsf?ssl=1

2.) SOLUTION #1b

...as per Canada Post - Customer Service

Canada Post - will return to sender and charge sender (charge BELL CANADA and ROGERS COMMUNICATION)

if letter is Addressed To:     HOME OWNER / RESIDENT / occupant

write on the letter: "RETURN TO SENDER REFUSED"

!!!!  DONE 

3.) SOLUTION #2

CMA - Canadian Marketing Association

 - DO NOT MAIL - DO NOT CALL - CMA Do Not Contact Service

http://www.the-cma.org/consumers/do-not-contact  -  Do Not Contact Service

How do I get my name off mailing lists?

The Canadian Marketing Association operates a Do Not Contact Service which is free to consumers.

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/

Open Letter to Amanda Maltby | Canada Post (JUNK MAIL) No Flyer Notice

Escalate To::

Open Letter to Amanda Maltby
General Manager, Compliance and Chief Privacy Officer
Canada Post
Consumers’ Choice Program
400 Hunt Club Road
Ottawa ON K1V 1C1

Dear Ms. Maltby:
No Flyer Notice
I do not actually have a “no flyer “ notice on my mailbox, but thank you for reminding me to put one up. I am pleased to be able to confirm to you that I do not wish to have my mailbox stuffed with advertisements and other unsolicited garbage. I realize that this class of material is one of the few profitable services that remains in the current business plan of Canada Post, but I would urge you to extend your admirable conservation efforts in using recycled materials in your mailing to the preservation of our resources by not pushing the distribution of unaddressed materials and not delivering “OCCUPANT/L’OCCUPANT” mail to my address.
I appreciate that it is not in the interest of Canada Post to provide an email address to which I can direct this note, but I would urge you to provide a faster and less costly way of communication whereby I might determine that you are open to change and improvement by way of customer feedback.

Sincerely
OCCUPANT/L’OCCUPANT

Prevent Unwanted Mail‎

The Red Dot Campaign is a privately funded social marketing venture. Paper is precious. Vast amounts of trees, energy, water and fossil fuels are used in the production and distribution of paper-based advertising. And yet the industry standard is a 2% response rate! That means 98% of these resources are wasted! We say its time advertisers join the 21st century and adopt data-driven print technologies, electronic communications and social marketing. The Red Dot Community will help inspire this change.

Step 1. Raise Awareness about Canada Post’s Consumer Choice Option

We applaud Canada Post’s eco-friendly Consumer Choice option that reduces waste and clutter. All you need to do is put a “No Admail” or “No Junk Mail” sign on your mailbox. * The Consumer Choice database is decremented for each person opting out, and advertisers reduce their print quantities accordingly. Refer to Canada Post's website for more details.

* Note: This opt-out policy varies by letter carrier and region in Canada. If your “No Admail” sign is ignored, call 1-866-607-6301. Some municipal notices will also be stopped. Again this varies by letter carrier and region.

Step 2. Encourage other distributors to follow Canada Post’s leadership

Lets urge community newspapers, flyer distributors and phone book companies to announce their opt-out protocol, reduce their subscriber base accordingly and be more mindful of waste and overages in their distribution process.

Step 3. Encourage advertisers to reduce unaddressed print advertising

Let’s urge advertisers to state their commitment to reducing flyers, through effective targeting, and adopting subscription-based advertising and online technologies. Canadian Tire is leading the way by moving its catalogue online.

How do I stop delivery of Admail items to my home or business?

To stop receiving unaddressed advertisements such as coupons, flyers and newspapers, free magazines, catalogues, and municipal service notices (e.g. schedule of snow removal, changes in garbage pickup, etc.), place a note in or on your mailbox stating that you do not wish to receive Unaddressed Admail™.
The only unaddressed materials that we will continue to deliver are some community newspapers, as well as mailings from the House of Commons, provincial chief electoral officers, municipal electoral offices and Elections Canada.
We are required by law to deliver any mail that bears your address (including some advertising material). Please note that since Canada Post is only one of many distributors of unaddressed materials, you may continue to receive these materials from other distributors.

Ticket Details

https://www.canadapost.ca/cpo/mc/personal/support/helpcentre/receiving/admail_stop.jsf?ssl=1
 Type: I want to stop receiving Admail