Stop Junk Mail for GOOD Service

Our New Zero Waste Service for Boulder County

We all deal with it: Credit card offers, catalogs, flyers and the like find their way into our mailboxes, only to be chucked under a heavy sigh. Complain, next day, repeat.

Why are we wasting our precious time on something that national polls say 80% to 90% of us didn't ask for and don't want?

Our Stop Junk Mail for GOOD service helps you stop unwanted mail and phonebooks, saving you time and frustration. It’s good for you, good for the planet, and it’s FREE for Boulder County residents and businesses!

Click here to sign up!

After signing up, please take a one-minute survey to help us track environmental benefits.

Eco-Cycle has partnered with the best mail preference service in the nation to stop unwanted mail in Boulder County and protect our dwindling natural resources.

We want to get 5,000 Boulder County residents and businesses off junk mail in the next year. Help us reach our goal by spreading the word! Like this page or tweet about it with the buttons above, or email this page to your friends.

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How does the Stop Junk Mail for GOOD service work?

Eco-Cycle has partnered with national leader Catalog Choice to bring you the very best service to reduce junk mail at home and at work. Here's how to get started:

1) Sign up for a free account on our Stop Junk Mail for GOOD service page
2) Wait for your confimation email; Click the link in the email to verify your account.
3) That's it! Now you can search by your zip code or a company name to choose which phone books, catalogs and other mail you do and don't want.
4) To stay off junk mail, check your preferences at least once a year and use our 5 tips to stay off junk mail.

 

We've partnered with Catalog Choice because it's the only mail preference service in the nation that:

• Offers the most comprehensive service available for consumers to get off marketing lists for junk mail, catalogsandphone books.
• Stands up for your rights as a consumer and fights to make sure you have a choice in what mail you receive.
• Holds companies to their word in honoring your opt-out request and files complaints directly with the FTC about those who don't.
• Protects your privacy by masking your email address when you are submitting opt-out requests so your junk mail doesn't become your junk email.
• Tracks which companies you've contacted and whether they responded so you don't have to remember which companies you've already called and when.
• Makes sure every company has an opt-out since there is no rule that says they must.

Our goal is to sign up 5,000 Boulder County residents and businesses in the next year. Get your friends and family off stop junk mail by "Liking" this page and tweeting about it.

Did you know junk mail also comes at a huge cost to the environment?

Every day in the forest of northern Canada, majestic trees are cut to stumps—at a rate of 2 acres a minute, 24 hours a day—to produce junk mail and other paper products. These trees are not only critical in combating climate change by absorbing carbon from the earth’s atmosphere; they are also home to native peoples who watch helplessly as they lose everything they know to corporate paper company interests. Read more junk mail facts.

5 Tips to Stay Off Junk Mail

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Getting off junk mail can be as easy as a few clicks with our new service. On the other hand, staying off junk mail can take a bit more effort. Here are 5 surefire ways to do it.

The #1, Must-Practice Tip: Use the magic words "Please do not rent, sell, or trade my name or address." 

These are the magic words you’ll want to use when you’re filling out forms like warranty cards, subscriptions, raffles, customer information cards, credit card applications, memberships for an organization, or pretty much any time your submit your name and address to anyone. Write them out next to your personal information, and repeat these words when making purchases over the phone or on the internet, and Voilá! You'll stay off mailing lists.

A note about warranties: Be advised that it is not necessary to fill out a warranty card to benefit from the warranty on your purchase. Warranty and registration cards are usually just a way to get consumer information from you which is then often sold to direct mailers. Read the fine print to see if you are required to return the card to validate the warranty.

Tip # 2: Get on “in house” credit card lists 
Contact your personal credit card companies and ask them to place your name and information on their "in house” list that is not sold or traded to other companies. This will prevent more credit card offers from being mailed to your home.

Tip # 3: Prevent charity solicitations  
If you contribute once a year to a charitable organization, ask them to send you only one donation request per year, or see if they can send you a paperless request via e-mail. Click here for a sample letter that you can send to charities to reduce solicitations.

Tip # 4: Watch out for contests and free offers
Their purpose is often to obtain your name for mailing lists or to sell you something. If you do sign up for one, be sure to use the magic words.

Tip # 5: 1-800-NO THANKS 
When you receive a catalog or publication you don’t want, take the 30 seconds it requires to nip it in the bud. Call the 1-800 number to have your name removed from their list to stop the spreading of your name before it starts again.

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TAKE ACTION

Tell the U.S. Post Office you have the right to opt-out of receiving unaddressed mail at your home or business, meaning mail addressed to "current resident." The Post Office is trying to increase its door to door delivery service, which may increase the amount of advertising mail you get by 5 times! Learn more by watching the video below.

Tell the post office you should have a choice in what mail you receive. Sign the letter today!