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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!
# 250:
6:17 pm PST, Feb 29,
Michael Unsworth, United Kingdom
# 249:
6:17 pm PST, Feb 29,
Barb Trujillo, Iowa
# 248:
6:16 pm PST, Feb 29,
Patrizia Sammartino, Florida
# 247:
6:15 pm PST, Feb 29,
Name not displayed, Tennessee
# 246:
6:15 pm PST, Feb 29,
Kip Mapes, Michigan
# 245:
6:14 pm PST, Feb 29,
Laura Kennedy, Utah
# 244:
6:13 pm PST, Feb 29,
Dayna C., Florida
Please Stop the Onslaught of Junk Mail! It's a waste of paper and it's devastating to the Environment!
Please Stop the Onslaught of Junk Mail! It's a waste of paper and it's devastating to the Environment!
# 243:
6:12 pm PST, Feb 29,
Valerie Bloom, Pennsylvania
# 242:
6:11 pm PST, Feb 29,
Maureen Berwing, California
# 241:
6:10 pm PST, Feb 29,
Debra Baker, Texas
# 240:
6:09 pm PST, Feb 29,
Jennifer Villalonga, Florida
# 239:
6:08 pm PST, Feb 29,
Karen Pearlman, California
# 238:
6:08 pm PST, Feb 29,
Kelly Permuy, South Carolina
# 237:
6:07 pm PST, Feb 29,
Linda Bescript, Arizona
I have spent the better part of a year phoning and emailing in an attempt to get off mailing lists. And still it comes.
I have spent the better part of a year phoning and emailing in an attempt to get off mailing lists. And still it comes.
# 236:
6:07 pm PST, Feb 29,
Name not displayed, California
# 235:
6:07 pm PST, Feb 29,
Pam Aki, Alaska
# 234:
6:06 pm PST, Feb 29,
Kat Ferrara, New Jersey
Why cant we have a system that allows us only to get what we ask for and then only once. Not the ludicrous amount of unread snail spam?
Why cant we have a system that allows us only to get what we ask for and then only once. Not the ludicrous amount of unread snail spam?
# 233:
6:05 pm PST, Feb 29,
Carol Flores, Texas
# 232:
6:04 pm PST, Feb 29,
Barbara Brenneman, Indiana
It is ludicrous, the amount of paper (hence, trees) that is wasted on junk mail. In fact, those coming to "Resident" need to be absolutely banned. To write each mailing list is prohibitive and it doesn't get to the source of the problem. Please create the Do Not Mail Registry and let's save our resources and our precious forests.
It is ludicrous, the amount of paper (hence, trees) that is wasted on junk mail. In fact, those coming to "Resident" need to be absolutely banned. To write each mailing list is prohibitive and it doesn't get to the source of the problem. Please create the Do Not Mail Registry and let's save our resources and our precious forests.
# 231:
6:04 pm PST, Feb 29,
Errolwolf Moonsong, Oregon
# 230:
6:03 pm PST, Feb 29,
Alice Shaw, New York
# 229:
6:03 pm PST, Feb 29,
Jason O'Neal, Texas
# 228:
6:03 pm PST, Feb 29,
Ali P has free Holistic pet tips, California
# 227:
6:01 pm PST, Feb 29,
Bhavani Saravanan, Georgia
# 226:
6:00 pm PST, Feb 29,
Sarah Rosier, Georgia
# 225:
5:58 pm PST, Feb 29,
RA Johnson, Florida
# 224:
5:58 pm PST, Feb 29,
Teresa Vernon, Indiana
We receive an entire trash bag-sized pile of junk mail every week. I have never ever responded to one of these solicitations. Why does it continue? Trees don't grow overnight. Please help us stop this waste.
We receive an entire trash bag-sized pile of junk mail every week. I have never ever responded to one of these solicitations. Why does it continue? Trees don't grow overnight. Please help us stop this waste.
# 223:
5:57 pm PST, Feb 29,
Tom Maxwell, California
# 222:
5:57 pm PST, Feb 29,
Aimee Laflamme, New Hampshire
# 221:
5:56 pm PST, Feb 29,
Glory Miller, South Carolina
# 220:
5:55 pm PST, Feb 29,
Darlene Arden, Massachusetts
# 219:
5:54 pm PST, Feb 29,
Leah Taylor, Missouri
# 218:
5:54 pm PST, Feb 29,
Diana Moncur, California
# 217:
5:54 pm PST, Feb 29,
Name not displayed, Georgia
# 216:
5:53 pm PST, Feb 29,
Brandi Pyle, Texas
# 215:
5:53 pm PST, Feb 29,
Name not displayed, Alaska
YES. STOP THE JUNK MAIL AND SAVE AN INNOCENT TREE. LORD KNOWS YOU WON'T SAVE ANYTHING ELSE.
YES. STOP THE JUNK MAIL AND SAVE AN INNOCENT TREE. LORD KNOWS YOU WON'T SAVE ANYTHING ELSE.
# 214:
5:53 pm PST, Feb 29,
Tsandi Crew, New Mexico
# 213:
5:51 pm PST, Feb 29,
Pat E. Dent, Jr., Virginia
# 212:
5:51 pm PST, Feb 29,
Josie Lamb, Kentucky
# 211:
5:50 pm PST, Feb 29,
Sal-Lee Holland, New York
# 210:
5:50 pm PST, Feb 29,
Name not displayed, New York
# 209:
5:50 pm PST, Feb 29,
Nevaeh Moor, Pennsylvania
# 208:
5:49 pm PST, Feb 29,
Lucinda Inzunza, Nevada
# 207:
5:48 pm PST, Feb 29,
Monique Zuniga Sanchez, Texas
# 206:
5:48 pm PST, Feb 29,
Faith Armstrong, Mississippi
# 205:
5:48 pm PST, Feb 29,
Tammy Reynolds, Colorado
# 204:
5:46 pm PST, Feb 29,
Name not displayed, Pakistan
# 203:
5:46 pm PST, Feb 29,
Andrea O'Sullivan, Connecticut
Finally!
Finally!
# 202:
5:46 pm PST, Feb 29,
Kathleen Boulanger, Maine
# 201:
5:45 pm PST, Feb 29,
Jenny Vegan, United States Minor Outlying Islands
There is no excuse for such waste. I urge you to crack down on junk mailers.
There is no excuse for such waste. I urge you to crack down on junk mailers.