Salon.com has an article today about how to use the internet to curb the impact of direct mail. According to the article, the direct mail industry has a yearly environmental impact equivalent to 3.5 million vehicles! But you can help by choosing not to receive excessive direct mail. Groups such as GreenDimes.com will contact direct mail companies on your behalf in order to have you removed from mailing lists. This includes catalog companies and the “current resident” mailings. GreenDimes.com even gives you the option to continue receiving catalogs of your choice. And they will plant 10 trees for every new membership (a $15 one-time fee). I think that is a bargain at twice the price.

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Posted by katie, filed under greendimes, mail, tips, products. Date: December 17, 2007, 11:55 am | 2 Comments »