"Many of you may already know this information, but to reinforce what you already know, I feel compelled to share.  So sorry for the mass e-mail, but this is too important to our planet not to encourage you to help stop the excessive crap we get in our mail boxes every day.  In this month’s Napa Garbage billing was a flyer that talked about ways of stopping the enormous amount of Junk Mail we receive.  What alarmed me was that 100 Million Trees fall to become 100 Billion pieces of Junk Mail to American Household.

If you get a catalogs you like, you can go to the business website and signup for e-mails.  This will allow you to surf the same information in the catalogs.  If you are not comfortable shopping on-line, you can call customer service and order the items you have queued to your shopping cart.

Here are the Organization:

To stop Catalog’s coming click on the link and setup an account to manage.  They have nearly every catalog listed that comes to your door.

http://www.catalogchoice.org/

This site is for the Direct Marketing Association.  The cost is $1.00 to set up and manage your opt-outs and mailings you receive that you no longer want or get unsolicited.  When you arrive at the Home Page click on the Consumer Information link about 6^th down in the list.  Follow the step to setup your account.

http://www.dmachoice.org/index.php

This link is for Opt-In and Out-Out  Options.  This one will require you to provide you SS# and Birthday.  This site hit many of the Credit Agencies who provide your information to the Credit Card Companies.

https://www.optoutprescreen.com/?rf=t

Opt-In:	Your name will be eligible for inclusion on lists used for Firm Offers of credit or insurance.
Electronic Opt-Out for Five Years:	Your name will not be eligible for inclusion on lists used for Firm Offers of credit or insurance for five years.
Permanent Opt-Out by Mail:	Your name will no longer be eligible for inclusion on lists for Firm Offers of credit or insurance (In order to complete your Permanent Opt-Out election, you must print and mail the Permanent Opt-Out Election form. See FAQ - What is Permanent Opt-Out)

This site will provide sample letter to mail along to Junk Mail Senders who you can’t otherwise get off their list.

http://www.stopjunkmail.org

A few of the letter templates available.

• For Direct Marketing Association (pdf)  Online form
• For ADVO Consumer Assistance (pdf)
• For Harte Hanks/Pennysaver (pdf)
• For Val-Pak (pdf)
• For Catalogs, Magazines or Credit Card Companies (pdf)"