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
BELL CANADA promotion letters
...as per Canada Post - Customer Service
canada post - will return to send 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"
refuse to accept a letter or a parcel that is delivered
http://www.canadapost.ca/cpo/mc/personal/support/helpcentre/receiving/delivery_items.jsfWe are required to deliver all items in the mail stream, but you can refuse an item upon delivery. Simply inform the delivery person that you do not wish to accept the item and it will be returned to sender.
If you have already received the item, you can still return it provided that the item has not been opened and no labels have been removed. Bring the item to any Post Office and state that you want the item returned to sender.
If an item you sent has been refused by the addressee the item will be returned to you using the same service you used to send it. The fees for the return service will be charged upon delivery of the item.
Canada Post - Customer Service
1-866-607-6301 - 1 - 1 - 0 - 0 - 0
ROGERS COMMUNICATION promotion letters
...as per Canada Post - Customer Service
canada post - will return to send 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"
refuse to accept a letter or a parcel that is delivered
http://www.canadapost.ca/cpo/mc/personal/support/helpcentre/receiving/delivery_items.jsfWe are required to deliver all items in the mail stream, but you can refuse an item upon delivery. Simply inform the delivery person that you do not wish to accept the item and it will be returned to sender.
If you have already received the item, you can still return it provided that the item has not been opened and no labels have been removed. Bring the item to any Post Office and state that you want the item returned to sender.
If an item you sent has been refused by the addressee the item will be returned to you using the same service you used to send it. The fees for the return service will be charged upon delivery of the item.
Canada Post - Customer Service
1-866-607-6301 - 1 - 1 - 0 - 0 - 0
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.
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.
Type: I want to stop receiving 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=1Type: I want to stop receiving Admail
Stop Junk Mail
What is generally known as "junk mail" can be defined as unaddressed mail, including promotional letters, flyers, and brochures.
The mailboxes of most Canadian residences see enormous quantities of junk mail pass through them each year. Many multi-family residences, like condominiums or apartment buildings, have a convienently located recycling bin right in front of the wall of mailboxes tenants can simply dispose of junk mail without having to bring it to their homes. According to the Flyer Distribution Standards Association, a quarter of Canadians discard flyers without reading them.
Canada Post's policy is that customers may opt out of receiving junk mail by displaying a sign indicating a desire to do so, or by contacting one's local postal outlet. Canada Post estimates that 5 percent of Canadian households have actually done this.
The federal government could mandate that Canada Post - a Crown corporation - simply cease to deliver junk mail to Canadian homes. The environmental impact would likely be significant.
However, a substancial portion of Canada Post's annual revenue comes from the delivery of unaddressed admail; eliminating this income stream could have a dire effect on the already-struggling institution. Further, the advertising industry contributes hundreds of millions of dollars to the economy through the production of junk mail.
Banning junk mail seems like a no-brainer from an environmental perspective. On the other hand, there are already procedures in place for Canadians to opt-out, procedures of which 95 percent of the population chooses not to avail itself. So is this a place for the government to step in and mandate change, or should well-enough be left alone?
Canada Post asks Canadians to start accepting junk mail
http://globalnews.ca/news/585922/canada-post-opts-for-junk-mail/
The mailboxes of most Canadian residences see enormous quantities of junk mail pass through them each year. Many multi-family residences, like condominiums or apartment buildings, have a convienently located recycling bin right in front of the wall of mailboxes tenants can simply dispose of junk mail without having to bring it to their homes. According to the Flyer Distribution Standards Association, a quarter of Canadians discard flyers without reading them.
Canada Post's policy is that customers may opt out of receiving junk mail by displaying a sign indicating a desire to do so, or by contacting one's local postal outlet. Canada Post estimates that 5 percent of Canadian households have actually done this.
The federal government could mandate that Canada Post - a Crown corporation - simply cease to deliver junk mail to Canadian homes. The environmental impact would likely be significant.
However, a substancial portion of Canada Post's annual revenue comes from the delivery of unaddressed admail; eliminating this income stream could have a dire effect on the already-struggling institution. Further, the advertising industry contributes hundreds of millions of dollars to the economy through the production of junk mail.
Banning junk mail seems like a no-brainer from an environmental perspective. On the other hand, there are already procedures in place for Canadians to opt-out, procedures of which 95 percent of the population chooses not to avail itself. So is this a place for the government to step in and mandate change, or should well-enough be left alone?
Canada Post asks Canadians to start accepting junk mail
http://globalnews.ca/news/585922/canada-post-opts-for-junk-mail/
Recycling Programs
Every time anyone in Manitoba goes for a walk they will not have to look very far to find an item that should have made its way into a recycling bin. From pop cans to plastic water bottles to plastic bags, the resulting pollution is shameful in this day and age. When the rest of the world is grappling with the dreadful and sudden awareness of just how harmful plastic is to the ecosystems of the Earth, Manitoba is stuck in the environmental stone age where its citizens cannot even manage the simple task of picking up after ourselves.
This is not our fault. We are epitomizing what is described as ‘The Tragedy of the Commons’. This term means that we, the people, will use whatever is the cheapest item, and will utilize the cheapest or easiest means to get what we want when we want it. Everything else is secondary. Unfortunately, this is a very bankable economic tenet that business people have been capitalizing on for generations. And this is why a voluntary blue box program is a long way from where Manitoba needs to be in the quest for environmental responsibility.
Consider the fact that Winnipeg’s land fill authority recently cited that it only is able to divert approximately 25% of the material people discard away from the city land fill. This means that over 75 % of Winnipeg’s waste products are still going completely to waste. These are the wages of our current recycling system. A comparable Canadian city, Edmonton, is boasting a 60 % diversion rate and is shooting to reach 90% by next year.
The problem isn’t restricted to drinking containers either. There is a fee of approximately $15.00 associated with turning in your used electronics appliance to a responsible authority. How many people will go ahead and pay this fee you ask? Remember the tragedy of the commons when you consider your answer to this question.
We need to set up a recycling program that is pretty much common place in other parts of Canada. By imposing a deposit at the point of sale, we will have no choice but to provide an incentive to others to pick up those recyclable items. Even if we do not wish to do so ourselves, the deposit placed on those items will provide an economic reward for people to take that item to a recycling station for processing. Moreover, our least able citizens will be able to find employment at these recycling stations in much the same way as they are able to in other Canadian provinces.
Canada Post asks Canadians to start accepting junk mail
http://globalnews.ca/news/585922/canada-post-opts-for-junk-mail/
This is not our fault. We are epitomizing what is described as ‘The Tragedy of the Commons’. This term means that we, the people, will use whatever is the cheapest item, and will utilize the cheapest or easiest means to get what we want when we want it. Everything else is secondary. Unfortunately, this is a very bankable economic tenet that business people have been capitalizing on for generations. And this is why a voluntary blue box program is a long way from where Manitoba needs to be in the quest for environmental responsibility.
Consider the fact that Winnipeg’s land fill authority recently cited that it only is able to divert approximately 25% of the material people discard away from the city land fill. This means that over 75 % of Winnipeg’s waste products are still going completely to waste. These are the wages of our current recycling system. A comparable Canadian city, Edmonton, is boasting a 60 % diversion rate and is shooting to reach 90% by next year.
The problem isn’t restricted to drinking containers either. There is a fee of approximately $15.00 associated with turning in your used electronics appliance to a responsible authority. How many people will go ahead and pay this fee you ask? Remember the tragedy of the commons when you consider your answer to this question.
We need to set up a recycling program that is pretty much common place in other parts of Canada. By imposing a deposit at the point of sale, we will have no choice but to provide an incentive to others to pick up those recyclable items. Even if we do not wish to do so ourselves, the deposit placed on those items will provide an economic reward for people to take that item to a recycling station for processing. Moreover, our least able citizens will be able to find employment at these recycling stations in much the same way as they are able to in other Canadian provinces.
Canada Post asks Canadians to start accepting junk mail
http://globalnews.ca/news/585922/canada-post-opts-for-junk-mail/
Flyer for Smartphone iPhone, iPad
FlyerFlo
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/flyerflo/id542905287 Description FlyerFlo is the green way to deliver flyers, right to your fingertips. Check out the latest deals from your favourite retailers on FlyerFlo, clip the best deals to make your shopping list, and then use the store locator to find the closest store - it's fun, easy, and FREE!
Shopper Lite - Grocery Shopping List and Recipes
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/shopper-lite-grocery-shopping/id289188369?mt=8
Frugal Flyer - compare full offers direct from each airline
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/frugal-flyer-enter-once-see/id465590289
Google Search
https://www.google.ca/#q=ipad+flyer+app+list+
Top 7 Grocery List Apps for the iPhone - iPhone / iPod
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/flyerflo/id542905287 Description FlyerFlo is the green way to deliver flyers, right to your fingertips. Check out the latest deals from your favourite retailers on FlyerFlo, clip the best deals to make your shopping list, and then use the store locator to find the closest store - it's fun, easy, and FREE!
Shopper Lite - Grocery Shopping List and Recipes
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/shopper-lite-grocery-shopping/id289188369?mt=8
Frugal Flyer - compare full offers direct from each airline
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/frugal-flyer-enter-once-see/id465590289
Google Search
https://www.google.ca/#q=ipad+flyer+app+list+
Top 7 Grocery List Apps for the iPhone - iPhone / iPod
Canada Post - no flyers | junk mail
Years ago, I put a “no flyers/junk mail” sticker on my mailbox because I no longer wanted to receive wasteful ad mail that I often tossed directly into the recycling bin. It has, thus far, worked wonderfully.
Today, however, I received a letter from Canada Post suggesting that I consider removing that notice from my mailbox. . . .
“Dear occupant,” the letter reads, “Your address is part of Canada Post’s Consumers’ Choice database as a result of having a ‘no flyer’ notice on your mailbox. This means you are currently not receiving unaddressed mail delivered by Canada Post. . . . [You bet!] We would like to make it easy for you to receive this important mail that includes information and offers that could benefit you and your family. [Huh?]“
Today, however, I received a letter from Canada Post suggesting that I consider removing that notice from my mailbox. . . .
“Dear occupant,” the letter reads, “Your address is part of Canada Post’s Consumers’ Choice database as a result of having a ‘no flyer’ notice on your mailbox. This means you are currently not receiving unaddressed mail delivered by Canada Post. . . . [You bet!] We would like to make it easy for you to receive this important mail that includes information and offers that could benefit you and your family. [Huh?]“
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)