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Stop the Onslaught of Junk Mail
Target: US Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid; Speaker of the House, Nancy PelosiSponsored by: Forest Ethics
Five years after the national Do Not Call Registry became the most popular consumer rights bill in history, citizens still face a different form of harassment: junk mail. Every year, Americans receive about 105 billion pieces of junk mail like credit card offers, coupons, and catalogs -- that's 848 pieces of junk mail per household. Even though 44% of that mail goes to the landfill unopened, we still spend eight months of our lives opening the rest.
Junk mail is more than just an annoyance; it's an environmental crisis. Every
year, junk mail production destroys 100 million trees, creating as
much global warming
pollution as 3.7 million cars.
We deserve the right to protect our privacy and our time. We deserve clean air and forest protection. We, the undersigned, support the creation of a national Do Not Mail Registry to provide a simple and comprehensive way for us to say no to junk mail.
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We signed the “Stop the Onslaught of Junk Mail” petition!
# 50:
4:23 pm PST, Feb 29,
JJ Edwards, Wisconsin
# 49:
4:22 pm PST, Feb 29,
Linda D., Illinois
# 48:
4:22 pm PST, Feb 29,
Marilyn Burrell, Pennsylvania
# 47:
4:22 pm PST, Feb 29,
Elizabeth Hudson, Illinois
# 46:
4:21 pm PST, Feb 29,
Andrew Warren, New Jersey
Get something from Capital One every other day. And they turned me down twice!
Get something from Capital One every other day. And they turned me down twice!
# 45:
4:21 pm PST, Feb 29,
BJ Bower, Colorado
# 44:
4:20 pm PST, Feb 29,
Cindy Nearing, Louisiana
Not only is it a bother, it's very wasteful not only for the paper but costs to mail out, more work for the postal workers and just senseless. Many trees are destroyed for paper that ends up in our trash cans because we didn't as it to be mailed to us. There has to be a solution to stop it completely.
Not only is it a bother, it's very wasteful not only for the paper but costs to mail out, more work for the postal workers and just senseless. Many trees are destroyed for paper that ends up in our trash cans because we didn't as it to be mailed to us. There has to be a solution to stop it completely.
# 43:
4:20 pm PST, Feb 29,
Art Deco, Maine
# 42:
4:19 pm PST, Feb 29,
Nicole Emert, Pennsylvania
# 41:
4:19 pm PST, Feb 29,
Robert Redmon, Ohio
Junk Mail in a huge problem, receiving credit card offers everyday.
Junk Mail in a huge problem, receiving credit card offers everyday.
# 40:
4:19 pm PST, Feb 29,
Lola G, California
# 39:
4:19 pm PST, Feb 29,
Diane Chaplo, Wisconsin
# 38:
4:19 pm PST, Feb 29,
Ceci M M, Florida
# 37:
4:19 pm PST, Feb 29,
KC Travis, Illinois
# 36:
4:18 pm PST, Feb 29,
Pat Brunson, Nevada
Cutting down trees to make junk mail is a senseless act. The junk mail just gets thrown away anyway. Here's an idea, let's keep the trees & throw the junk mail advertising away.
Cutting down trees to make junk mail is a senseless act. The junk mail just gets thrown away anyway. Here's an idea, let's keep the trees & throw the junk mail advertising away.
# 35:
4:18 pm PST, Feb 29,
Ryan Lovett, Illinois
# 34:
4:18 pm PST, Feb 29,
ROBIN MCKAY, Kentucky
# 33:
4:18 pm PST, Feb 29,
Vicki Cleveland, Michigan
# 32:
4:18 pm PST, Feb 29,
Vijay Mithal, Texas
# 31:
4:17 pm PST, Feb 29,
Bella Fitzpatrick, New York
# 30:
4:17 pm PST, Feb 29,
Cathy Larson, Washington
# 29:
4:16 pm PST, Feb 29,
Fran Cannon, California
# 28:
4:16 pm PST, Feb 29,
Name not displayed, United Kingdom
# 27:
4:15 pm PST, Feb 29,
Kim Ganz, California
# 26:
4:14 pm PST, Feb 29,
Billye Thompson, Tennessee
# 25:
4:13 pm PST, Feb 29,
Sandra Carr, Alabama
# 24:
4:10 pm PST, Feb 29,
Robert Fricke, Illinois
# 23:
4:09 pm PST, Feb 29,
Kate Travis, Texas
# 22:
4:09 pm PST, Feb 29,
Kelsey Evans-Harrison, Australia
Because i hate it and it wastes trees...why should we have to recieve something that we HATE and will go to WASTE!?
Because i hate it and it wastes trees...why should we have to recieve something that we HATE and will go to WASTE!?
# 21:
4:02 pm PST, Feb 29,
Helen Sanders, United Kingdom
# 20:
4:01 pm PST, Feb 29,
Donna Charlap, Massachusetts
# 19:
3:59 pm PST, Feb 29,
Name not displayed, California
Direct marketing via junk mail is an atrocious waste of resources and time. We must be able to opt out, by law, if we want to.
Direct marketing via junk mail is an atrocious waste of resources and time. We must be able to opt out, by law, if we want to.
# 18:
3:59 pm PST, Feb 29,
Name not displayed, Texas
# 17:
3:55 pm PST, Feb 29,
Aiz T, Canada
# 16:
3:53 pm PST, Feb 29,
Anonymous Anonymous, Texas
Everyone hates it, so why do it?! Stop this nonsense before our entire planet is bare!
Everyone hates it, so why do it?! Stop this nonsense before our entire planet is bare!
# 15:
3:51 pm PST, Feb 29,
Deborah Webb, Georgia
# 14:
3:46 pm PST, Feb 29,
Sally Read, Oregon
# 13:
3:44 pm PST, Feb 29,
Sara Sang, Nevada
we are so sick and tired of getting junk mail in our mail boxes! we do not want them ever! and killing all the trees in order to create garbage in our mail boxes is worse than wasteful . it is stupid! thus creating a no junk mail register list is a must. after all, we do have a no call list.
we are so sick and tired of getting junk mail in our mail boxes! we do not want them ever! and killing all the trees in order to create garbage in our mail boxes is worse than wasteful . it is stupid! thus creating a no junk mail register list is a must. after all, we do have a no call list.
# 12:
3:33 pm PST, Feb 29,
Pygge Lord, Sweden
Here in Sweden they usually respect if you put a sign with 'No junk mail' on your letterbox. Most people just throw it away anyway so let the people who don't want it be able to register in some way.
Here in Sweden they usually respect if you put a sign with 'No junk mail' on your letterbox. Most people just throw it away anyway so let the people who don't want it be able to register in some way.
# 11:
3:32 pm PST, Feb 29,
Name not displayed, Connecticut
# 10:
3:31 pm PST, Feb 29,
Doris Sundeen, California
# 9:
3:29 pm PST, Feb 29,
Connie Johnson, Michigan
# 8:
3:20 pm PST, Feb 29,
Laura Horning, Ohio
# 7:
3:20 pm PST, Feb 29,
Name not displayed, Oregon
# 6:
3:18 pm PST, Feb 29,
Mark Martin, California
Junk mail is a waste of time and a waste of paper. I never look at it anyway and it stuffs my mailboxes to the limits. It's a nuisance and should be done away with.
Junk mail is a waste of time and a waste of paper. I never look at it anyway and it stuffs my mailboxes to the limits. It's a nuisance and should be done away with.
# 5:
3:13 pm PST, Feb 29,
Name not displayed, North Carolina
# 4:
7:32 pm PST, Feb 28,
TAYLOR WEIDNER, Colorado
# 3:
5:18 pm PST, Feb 28,
Crystal Vaughan, Hawaii
Everyone can claim this as a part of their everyday lives. To think of each piece of junk mail I receive PER day and what it amounts to in a year alone, the amount of frivolous paper use should be limited.
Everyone can claim this as a part of their everyday lives. To think of each piece of junk mail I receive PER day and what it amounts to in a year alone, the amount of frivolous paper use should be limited.
# 2:
6:55 pm PST, Feb 27,
Joanna Carr, Kentucky
Tree are a natural resource that many people take for granted. We need the trees not only for heat, paper products, building materials, but also for oxygen to breath. I want junk mail to stop coming to my home because it is a waste of our natural resources. In todays age there should be a better way to conserve. Junk mail is a waste of money, time, and energy. It just ends up in our trash which ends up in our landfills. Our environment does not deserve this any more. Please put an end to junk mail.
Tree are a natural resource that many people take for granted. We need the trees not only for heat, paper products, building materials, but also for oxygen to breath. I want junk mail to stop coming to my home because it is a waste of our natural resources. In todays age there should be a better way to conserve. Junk mail is a waste of money, time, and energy. It just ends up in our trash which ends up in our landfills. Our environment does not deserve this any more. Please put an end to junk mail.
# 1:
8:47 am PST, Feb 27,
Dawn Bolin, Ohio