TO STOP FUTURE JUNK MAIL
Each year, junk mail destroys about 80 million trees, wastes 28 billion gallons of water and costs about $450,000,000 or your money to cart its promo's pleas and promises. That equates to about 34 lbs of junk mail for every man, woman and child in the U.S. It's like stuffing a whole tree into our mailboxes every year.
On a postcard or letter put the date, your name, address and sign it. (Include all variations of your name). For example: John Doe, J. Doe, J. M. Doe
Call: 1-212-768-7277 or
E-Mail: www.dmaconsumers.org
To ensure permanent removal of your name, ask for the special form available for this purpose. This is very effective. For your personal credit cards, ask the company to place you on their “in house” list that is not sold or traded to other companies.
Call: 1-888-567-8688 or
E-Mail: www.optoutprescreen.com
The most powerful legal tool consumers have when it comes to fighting this unwanted mail is a little known document called Form 1050. This form can be obtained by calling or picking up a copy at your local post office. By filling out the form and attaching the specific piece of junk mail you want stopped, a company becomes criminally liable if it continues to send you mail or sell your personal data to others.
As mentioned in step 1, there are several smaller list brokers and direct marketing firms in the U.S. besides the DMA. Just as you did with the DMA do the same by going to the website www.newdream.org and you will see a difference in three to six months.