How to stop junk mail.

[Cotham Marble]

Originally Posted by Your Rights

We are registered with the telephone and postal preference services which make a big difference.

See: Mail Preference Service

Mail Preferencing does work, but be aware that it is name specific so mail addressed to previous occupants will still be sent out because the data base holders do not strike those details from the data base. When moving it's worth asking the previous occupants to also go through the preference procedure for your new home. Where that hasn't happened - return any obvious junk mail 'to sender' rather than forwarding to the previous occupants or recycling - by 'returning to sender' there's a chance that the name will be removed from the data base.

Something else that helps where the preferenceing service isn't working well, is to use the 'no public' option (a tick box on the annual form) on the Electoral Register - this means that your Local Authority can't include your name on the lists they sell to the marketing data base companies.

Something to bear in mind re the post office leaflet deliveries - the Royal Mail recieves significant income from this, loss of that income will impact on the service, while the material may simply be delivered by other means.

CM

[Snidge]

I've got a woodburning stove - I make paper bricks and burn them, it feels good, especially getting a bit of free heat out of the energy companies.

[Your Rights]

Originally Posted by Snidge

I've got a woodburning stove - I make paper bricks and burn them, it feels good, especially getting a bit of free heat out of the energy companies.

Hi, this sounds like a brilliant idea!

I have a log burning stove, how do you make the bricks from paper?

any direction etc much appreciated.

I may have to take myself off the PPS!!

[Tormentil]

I have a good wheeze with those junk mail letters that have a business reply envelope. I cut out all references to me (address etc), put it all in to the reply envelope (including the envelope it came in) and pop it back in the post.

The Post Office only charge business's for the replies they get back!!

[Snidge]

Originally Posted by Your Rights

Hi, this sounds like a brilliant idea!

I have a log burning stove, how do you make the bricks from paper?

any direction etc much appreciated.

I may have to take myself off the PPS!!

Hello
I bought a paper log maker from a hardware store, you can get them for about a tenner. They are just a brick sized and shaped press. You soak the paper to soften it then press it. The trick is drying it out completely, I stack them in a sunny shed window.

[Your Rights]

Originally Posted by Snidge

Hello
I bought a paper log maker from a hardware store, you can get them for about a tenner. They are just a brick sized and shaped press. You soak the paper to soften it then press it. The trick is drying it out completely, I stack them in a sunny shed window.

Brilliant, thanks for that, I will definately give it a go and let you know.

[Gill Catton]

Yes as previously pointed out..... Getting rid of junk mail may well result in significant cuts within royal mail so although its a pain and a terrible waste, it employs people and pays for the service we get at the moment. Not sure what the solution is though I suppose it could be used to create electricity at energy from waste plants?

[Cotham Marble]

Originally Posted by Gill Catton

Yes as previously pointed out..... Getting rid of junk mail may well result in significant cuts within royal mail so although its a pain and a terrible waste, it employs people and pays for the service we get at the moment. Not sure what the solution is though I suppose it could be used to create electricity at energy from waste plants?

I think that there's a high probability that if the Royal Mail were to recieve a high level of requests for 'no delivery' in a given urban area, then the direct mailers would simply shift their contracts to the Private Sector - so the material will still get delvered, just without Royal Mail getting a fee. In areas where there are household recycling collections, the equations probably fall on the side of accepting the Royal Mail deliveries and ensuring that everything possible goes for recycling. For households where paper recycling isn't an option - then opting out of the Royal Mail delivered junk probably makes sense.

CM

[DorsetDunk]

if the royal mail are happy to put junk in my letter box then I return the favour and post it back in their big red one at the end of the street