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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!
# 100:
4:48 pm PST, Feb 29,
Lisa Ayers, California
There is just far too much waste! Not only is this wasting trees, but it is wasting money, time, etc., and what is more most ends up NOT being recycled but TOSSED in the TRASH which ends up adding to the already HUGE land fill problems. This insanity MUST STOP! Please HELP put an end to the Junk Mail Bombardment! Other countries have put an end to the junk mail problem, let's do the same here in the USA. Thank You, Lisa Ayers
There is just far too much waste! Not only is this wasting trees, but it is wasting money, time, etc., and what is more most ends up NOT being recycled but TOSSED in the TRASH which ends up adding to the already HUGE land fill problems. This insanity MUST STOP! Please HELP put an end to the Junk Mail Bombardment! Other countries have put an end to the junk mail problem, let's do the same here in the USA. Thank You, Lisa Ayers
# 99:
4:46 pm PST, Feb 29,
Shirley N, California
# 98:
4:46 pm PST, Feb 29,
Name not displayed, Canada
# 97:
4:46 pm PST, Feb 29,
Bridget Schueler, California
# 96:
4:45 pm PST, Feb 29,
John Kozub, Tennessee
This registry would help the advertisers save money at the same time that it reduces wasted energy, saves stored carbon, preserves habitat, and saves forests that filter our water and air. It is a no-brainer.
This registry would help the advertisers save money at the same time that it reduces wasted energy, saves stored carbon, preserves habitat, and saves forests that filter our water and air. It is a no-brainer.
# 95:
4:45 pm PST, Feb 29,
Michael Webb, Kansas
# 94:
4:45 pm PST, Feb 29,
Kimberly Mekeal, Pennsylvania
Junk mail has gotten out of control. Not only is it a nuisance but it is also killing our environment.
Junk mail has gotten out of control. Not only is it a nuisance but it is also killing our environment.
# 93:
4:44 pm PST, Feb 29,
Name not displayed, California
# 92:
4:44 pm PST, Feb 29,
Gloria Chepko, Virginia
# 91:
4:44 pm PST, Feb 29,
Danielle Voinot, California
# 90:
4:44 pm PST, Feb 29,
Kimi Davis, Pennsylvania
# 89:
4:44 pm PST, Feb 29,
Mary Riley, Washington
# 88:
4:44 pm PST, Feb 29,
Kenneth Willis, North Carolina
The only reason is the wasting of the beautiful trees that are slowing vanishing.
The only reason is the wasting of the beautiful trees that are slowing vanishing.
# 87:
4:43 pm PST, Feb 29,
Marian Davis, Maryland
# 86:
4:43 pm PST, Feb 29,
George R Worthington, Maryland
# 85:
4:43 pm PST, Feb 29,
Kim Fiala, Iowa
# 84:
4:40 pm PST, Feb 29,
Bree Smith, Montana
# 83:
4:39 pm PST, Feb 29,
Christine L. Bogan, Michigan
# 82:
4:38 pm PST, Feb 29,
Candice Lynn, Maine
# 81:
4:37 pm PST, Feb 29,
Susan Collins, Florida
# 80:
4:37 pm PST, Feb 29,
Amanda Walters, California
# 79:
4:35 pm PST, Feb 29,
Mary Hibberd, Pennsylvania
# 78:
4:35 pm PST, Feb 29,
Jodi Alieksaites, Colorado
# 77:
4:35 pm PST, Feb 29,
Suey Sivula, New Zealand
# 76:
4:34 pm PST, Feb 29,
Anna Lornitzo, Vermont
# 75:
4:34 pm PST, Feb 29,
Rose Lenart, New York
# 74:
4:32 pm PST, Feb 29,
Laura Zanoli, Italy
# 73:
4:32 pm PST, Feb 29,
Kristy Winfrey, Missouri
I get so much junk each week! I am surprised that so many businesses are willing to waste money and resources without thinking of how much will be tossed into the trash. I wish there were a way I could tell car dealerships, check cashing services, churches and stores like Bed Bath and Beyond that I have a car, a bank, a church and I have never used the coupon that Bed Bath and Beyond sends out, it seems EVERY month! Let me out!! There is a reason it is called JUNK mail.
I get so much junk each week! I am surprised that so many businesses are willing to waste money and resources without thinking of how much will be tossed into the trash. I wish there were a way I could tell car dealerships, check cashing services, churches and stores like Bed Bath and Beyond that I have a car, a bank, a church and I have never used the coupon that Bed Bath and Beyond sends out, it seems EVERY month! Let me out!! There is a reason it is called JUNK mail.
# 72:
4:32 pm PST, Feb 29,
Michelle T, Florida
# 71:
4:31 pm PST, Feb 29,
Raven C, California
We need trees, they give us the air we breath and every one counts. Please save out planet and stop the annoying junk mail too. Sounds good to me!
We need trees, they give us the air we breath and every one counts. Please save out planet and stop the annoying junk mail too. Sounds good to me!
# 70:
4:31 pm PST, Feb 29,
Lynn B Price, California
it all just goes in the garbage. i like it much better as trees!!!
it all just goes in the garbage. i like it much better as trees!!!
# 69:
4:30 pm PST, Feb 29,
Marcia Disinger, Minnesota
# 68:
4:29 pm PST, Feb 29,
Paula Easley, Arizona
# 67:
4:29 pm PST, Feb 29,
Rebecca Davidson, Virginia
# 66:
4:28 pm PST, Feb 29,
Name not displayed, California
99% of the time I do not receive anything of usefulness through junk mail - based on my experience I should have the right to be on a Do Not Mail List, so that I can save the earth's resources, my time, and the junk mailers' time and money.
99% of the time I do not receive anything of usefulness through junk mail - based on my experience I should have the right to be on a Do Not Mail List, so that I can save the earth's resources, my time, and the junk mailers' time and money.
# 65:
4:28 pm PST, Feb 29,
Charles Lynd, Ohio
# 64:
4:28 pm PST, Feb 29,
Jane B., Maryland
# 63:
4:28 pm PST, Feb 29,
Lisa Doyle, Hawaii
# 62:
4:28 pm PST, Feb 29,
Alisa Terry, Utah
Unsolicited advertising invades privacy, clogs landfills, and needlessly uses our resources. If businesses are ethical,m they will respect those who do not want their mail.
Unsolicited advertising invades privacy, clogs landfills, and needlessly uses our resources. If businesses are ethical,m they will respect those who do not want their mail.
# 61:
4:27 pm PST, Feb 29,
Christy Chapman, Washington
# 60:
4:26 pm PST, Feb 29,
Lila Stone, California
# 59:
4:26 pm PST, Feb 29,
Ana Loa, California
# 58:
4:25 pm PST, Feb 29,
Jennifer Ball-Bryant, North Carolina
# 57:
4:24 pm PST, Feb 29,
Leanna Henley, Texas
# 56:
4:24 pm PST, Feb 29,
Amy Brinkley, Texas
# 55:
4:24 pm PST, Feb 29,
Claire Barrett, Idaho
# 54:
4:23 pm PST, Feb 29,
Andrew Hopper, California
# 53:
4:23 pm PST, Feb 29,
Name not displayed, Tennessee
EVERY ONE HATES JUNKMAIL! Why even bother we are just going to throw it away?
EVERY ONE HATES JUNKMAIL! Why even bother we are just going to throw it away?
# 52:
4:23 pm PST, Feb 29,
Mary Owens, Georgia
# 51:
4:23 pm PST, Feb 29,
Roxanne Buchalter, California