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Stop the Onslaught of Junk Mail

Target: US Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid; Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi
Sponsored by: Care2

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.

deadline: Ongoing...
goal: 25,000

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Junk mail destroys our forests, natural resources and environment. It contributes to global warming and wastes our time and money. A Do Not Mail Registry would empower us to stop junk mail from invading our homes and mailboxes, and help protect our environment.

In 2003, Congress created the national Do Not Call Registry�the most popular consumer rights bill in history. Today, people are waiting for a companion registry that will end the onslaught of junk mail.

* Junk Mail Overflows Our Mailboxes - Every year American households receive a total of 104.7 billion pieces of junk mail or 848 pieces of junk mail per household, which requires 6.5 million tons of paper. Approximately 44% of junk mail goes to a landfill unopened, yet Americans still spend 8 months per lifetime opening junk mail.

We signed the “Stop the Onslaught of Junk Mail” petition!

# 24,170:

8:57 pm PDT, Jul 5, Patricia Toher, New York

# 24,169:

9:57 am PDT, Jul 4, Name not displayed, Louisiana

# 24,168:

2:32 pm PDT, Jul 3, Name not displayed, Washington
I desperately want the option of ending the irresponsible and frustrating waste of resources on junk mail.

# 24,167:

10:17 pm PDT, Jul 2, Karyn Storts-Brinks, Tennessee

# 24,166:

7:58 pm PDT, Jul 2, Stephanie Conroy, Texas

# 24,165:

10:33 am PDT, Jul 2, Margaret Tollner, California

# 24,164:

7:10 am PDT, Jul 2, Eileen Cruz, Virginia
complete waste of paper.

# 24,163:

11:00 am PDT, Jul 1, Name not displayed, Maine
I have never in my life found anything useful from the junk mail that comes to my house every day. It is a waste of paper, trees and a waste of my time.

# 24,162:

10:53 am PDT, Jul 1, Name not displayed, Missouri

# 24,161:

10:38 am PDT, Jul 1, Name not displayed, California
it sucks and is killing the earth.

# 24,160:

11:20 am PDT, Jun 30, Name not displayed, Ohio

# 24,159:

4:20 am PDT, Jun 30, Kelly Retzlaff, Illinois

# 24,158:

5:18 am PDT, Jun 29, Carol Szabo, Illinois
I'm tired of finding my mailbox filled with junk mail. Such a waste! Please give us the opportunity to stop the onslaught.

# 24,157:

4:00 pm PDT, Jun 27, Richard Bernal, California
I did not ask for any advertisement. If I want something I will shop. I do not need to be bombarded with all the useless advertisement. LIFE IS NOT ABOUT BUYING THINGS. These junk mailers must stop NOW.

# 24,156:

8:04 am PDT, Jun 27, Miranda Fitzgerald, Kentucky

# 24,155:

8:06 pm PDT, Jun 26, Virginia Valentine, California
I usually get unwanted junk mail ads in the mail 5 days per week. After making sure no real mail is mixed in, I throw it right into the recycling. What a waste of paper and energy!

# 24,154:

4:52 pm PDT, Jun 25, Molly Goodwin, Colorado

# 24,153:

12:12 pm PDT, Jun 25, Tatiana Kostanian, California
I'm disabled with compounded issues and on life support. My time needs to be used productively. Being subjected to endless junk mail takes away from my life time. Please help to make the National Do Not Call Registry, our most important consumer rights bill in history a validation for all citizens lives. Do stop junk mail invasion, most importantly, protect our environment, as well our peace of mind ! Thank You ! Mrs. Tatiana A. Kostanian

# 24,152:

9:30 am PDT, Jun 25, YLynn Foster, Texas

# 24,151:

9:16 am PDT, Jun 25, JAMES SULLIVAN, Illinois

# 24,150:

6:22 am PDT, Jun 25, Rob Nash, New Mexico

# 24,149:

5:13 pm PDT, Jun 24, Margaret Beck, Michigan

# 24,148:

2:16 pm PDT, Jun 24, Name not displayed, Ohio
It's such a waste of trees...please put an end to junk mail! thanks!

# 24,147:

1:54 pm PDT, Jun 24, Sara Guthals, Texas

# 24,146:

8:48 am PDT, Jun 23, Rachel H, Ohio

# 24,145:

1:52 pm PDT, Jun 22, Cassandra Green, Arkansas

# 24,144:

11:24 am PDT, Jun 22, Kristina Kokes, Arizona
All junk mail that is delivered to my home, goes straight to the trash, the recycle bin, or the shredder. It is a waste of my time, and a waste of resources and energy, and I demand a right to say what is delivered to my home!

# 24,143:

6:28 pm PDT, Jun 21, Quinton Quebodeaux, Louisiana

# 24,142:

11:20 am PDT, Jun 21, Tracy Slager, Indiana

# 24,141:

9:29 am PDT, Jun 21, Stephanie Hilpert, California

# 24,140:

9:39 am PDT, Jun 20, Nancy R Aktas, California

# 24,139:

5:36 am PDT, Jun 20, Maria Chinchilla-Kebler, Florida

# 24,138:

7:03 pm PDT, Jun 19, Guillermo Kuhl, Georgia

# 24,137:

12:41 pm PDT, Jun 18, Aleasha Casaretto, Texas

# 24,136:

1:25 am PDT, Jun 18, Karen Guancione, New Jersey

# 24,135:

11:56 pm PDT, Jun 17, Dk Melton, Indiana

# 24,134:

8:23 pm PDT, Jun 17, Joey Wood, Oregon
its just a big wast of trees and a destroyer of beauty.

# 24,133:

2:20 pm PDT, Jun 17, Pamylle Greinke, New York
No matter what I do, BUSINESS seems to have more rights than I do as a citizen. I do not want or need 2/3 of the mail crammed in my box. I recycle all I can, but dealing with the mail is no longer a simple task. Meanwhile, the important mail is often inside a catalog or damaged. Is this what we're chopping all the trees down for ?

# 24,132:

10:48 pm PDT, Jun 16, Virginia Riley, Pennsylvania

# 24,131:

5:42 pm PDT, Jun 16, Diana Martz (Animalspirit, Indiana

# 24,130:

4:28 pm PDT, Jun 16, Stephanie Ditty, California
There is no reason to get trash in your mail. It all goes either straight from the mail box to the trash can. Why must there be so many trees destroyed just to be thrown away? Junk mail is just a waste and huge contributor to environmental damage.

# 24,129:

12:55 pm PDT, Jun 16, Jakub Coltun, California

# 24,128:

11:52 am PDT, Jun 16, Laureen Marston, North Carolina

# 24,127:

10:57 am PDT, Jun 16, Robin E. Nadeau, Florida
This junk mail is also a terrible waste of time for the recipients -- especially if we try to recycle the paper, without including the plastic. And, I understand that we tax-payers are involuntarily subsidizing the cost of mailing junk mail. That is really TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION!

# 24,126:

7:07 am PDT, Jun 16, Glen DeKlein, Michigan

# 24,125:

9:09 pm PDT, Jun 15, Jillian Williams, Ohio

# 24,124:

10:04 am PDT, Jun 15, Name not displayed, Illinois

# 24,123:

12:51 am PDT, Jun 15, Kerri Cawthon, Oregon

# 24,122:

11:34 am PDT, Jun 14, Delilia Carson, California

# 24,121:

7:52 pm PDT, Jun 13, Kris Vancil, Illinois

# 24,120:

4:26 pm PDT, Jun 12, Denise Hall, Colorado

# 24,119:

7:21 pm PDT, Jun 11, Alice Olivo, Italy

# 24,118:

2:18 pm PDT, Jun 11, Allison Ferraiolo, California

# 24,117:

6:56 am PDT, Jun 11, Name not displayed, Illinois
Save the trees and environment.

# 24,116:

7:43 pm PDT, Jun 9, Name not displayed, New York

# 24,115:

6:25 pm PDT, Jun 8, Alysa Brennan, California
PLEASE!!!

# 24,114:

7:37 am PDT, Jun 8, Samantha Butler, Ohio

# 24,113:

4:51 pm PDT, Jun 7, Frank Kunkel, New York

# 24,112:

4:50 pm PDT, Jun 7, Yariv Leers, New York

# 24,111:

4:47 pm PDT, Jun 7, Arline Wrecker, New York

# 24,110:

4:45 pm PDT, Jun 7, Joe Tobia, New York

# 24,109:

4:44 pm PDT, Jun 7, Jeff Fischman, New Jersey

# 24,108:

4:43 pm PDT, Jun 7, Hon.Howard Birnbaum, New York

# 24,107:

4:43 pm PDT, Jun 7, Eric Waxman, Pennsylvania

# 24,106:

9:45 pm PDT, Jun 6, Sara Lawrence, Missouri
Stop the Junk Mail! You are killing our environment!

# 24,105:

6:32 pm PDT, Jun 6, Julio Quintana, Illinois

# 24,104:

8:38 pm PDT, Jun 5, NANCY RILEY, Georgia

# 24,103:

8:13 pm PDT, Jun 5, Marlene Pickens, Georgia

# 24,102:

4:18 pm PDT, Jun 4, David Lang, Illinois

# 24,101:

9:56 pm PDT, Jun 3, Shana Holberton, California

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