I just got an information packet from the New York Department of Sanitation (side note: wow, that is a truly amazing (read: horribly designed) url) about recycling and other various waste reduction strategies. They mention two services that seem like magic to me, and I had never heard of them before, so I figured I’d mention them here:
- Register for the Direct Marketing Association’s Mail Preference Service at www.the-dma.org (click on Remove my name from mailing lists). There’s a $1 verification fee.
- Opt out of credit card offers: call 1-888-5-OPTOUT
[note: you can also opt out from their website: optoutprescreen.com]
I don’t know how effective either of these are, but even if they cut down on my junkmail by 25%, I consider that a big win.
I did the opt-out thing. It seemed like I did stop getting credit card offers for awhile, but now I’m getting some again — not at the same stupid rate as before — maybe you have to re-opt-out from time to time?