I've had some fun tearing up the forms and putting them back in the supplied freepost envelope and sending them back - its keeps a post man in work too!

I volunteer at a cat shelter, and they use papers for the cat litter boxes (asa there is over 40-50 cats there daily) so in my apartment block there is a box for junk. So weekly i stop off at the entrance and go through the magazines/newspapers and take them to the cat shelter to at least make the most of what junk mail is doing. Otherwise i monthly take the newspapers to the recycling bins up the road.

by Tigerlight 2 months ago

I'm in Dublin, I've simply put a small sign on the letterbox that says 'NO ADVERTISING,PUBLICITY OR CIRCULARS PLEASE', it has worked a treat. We now only get stamped post. I'm working on getting myself removed from a number of mailing lists. My recycle bin is much lighter these days.

by brejep 3 months ago

I'm in the UK and I've just registered with MPS and sent for an opt-out for unaddressed mail from Royal Mail. Hopefully, that should make a difference.

by Elmer_Craven 3 months ago

Good tips, particularly the "return to sender" one, as well as using them as arts materials, nice one ReallyAB. We put a "NO JUNK MAIL" sticker above our letter box but they still keep coming. (Did that actually work for you mrmatthamm?)

by mrmatthamm 4 months ago

I actually wrote "NO junk mail please" on my letterbox with a DVD pen.

by stevegio 6 months ago

Signed up for 41pounds.org and donated 1/3 of the fee to carbonfund.org. I'll see how it goes and report back here to let all the busybees know how well this works. We currently receive quite a bit of junk mail.

by BeePositive 6 months ago

I don't know if it can be done in Ireland but if I get junk mail I like to write 'return to sender - not here' and pop it back in the post. The company has to then pay for it twice and will hopefully take the addressee's name off the list. (whether it's me or not)

For those in the UK, the BBC have a good article (complete with video) on how to reduce junk mail - http://www.bbc.co.uk/theoneshow/article/2007/12/jr_junkmail.shtml

Specifically, it covers the MPS as mentioned by others and also getting rid of the Royal Mail 'unaddressed mail'. The Royal Mail actively discourage you from doing this since they make a fair amount of money from it, but don't believe their propaganda that says you won't get 'important information from government' - this will always be directly addressed to you.

by Busybee 6 months ago

This ones a good link for those in the US where on average an adult receives 41 pounds of junk mail each year.www.41pounds.org stops 80-95% of unwanted catalogs and junk mail
for you. They will contact dozens of companies on your behalf to
STOP YOUR JUNK MAIL and PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT.Nice

here's how to get off junk mail lists online: http://www.mpsonline.org.uk/mpsr/

by sniffles 6 months ago

I have been doing this for the last 2 years I moved into my apartment, it mostly works.

What irks me is that I receive snail mail spam from ... Oxfam ... from the UK, because I once donated through the UK site for one of their projects. Was damn sure I unchecked those "let us spam you" checkbox!

by RellyAB 6 months ago

Look, junk mail recycling in action. I just made this :D
From my flickr account here: http://flickr.com/photos/fizzkitten/2345804580/

by Stephanie 6 months ago

Here's a web site with the addresses for the Mail Preference Service:
http://www.lovearth.net/stopjunkmail.htm

As i'm living in studenty-type rented acccomodation, it's really worth doing this goal, though it is difficult! We get post and junk mail for the last 10 housemates, who never change their address!