Practical guides, original research, and editorial context from the team that's processed 10M+ opt-outs since 2011.
To stop junk mail, opt out at the mailer and category level using a handful of services: OptOutPrescreen blocks prescreened credit and insurance offers. DMAchoice covers participating national direct marketers (~1,100 mailers).…
Read the guideFor junk mail, it is better to reduce it than to recycle it. Smarter sorting robots can identify almost anything on a...
Junk mail environmental impact: is it real? Yes, but beware of older, often repeated statistics: U.S. advertising mai...
Junk mail is recycled, but at a rate no household can verify and that official sources do not agree on. Industry puts...
To protect an elderly parent from mail scams, treat the mailbox as two separate problems: opt out of legal-but-predat...
Step-by-step guides for stopping junk mail by sender, by service, and by category.
To protect an elderly parent from mail scams, treat the mailbox as two separate problems: opt out of legal-but-predatory companies and charities, and report…
Read articleTo stop catalogs in the mail, ask each sender to remove your exact name and address. You have three routes, from most to least…
Read articlePRSRT STD stands for Presorted Standard, the bulk advertising postage class that USPS now also calls USPS Marketing Mail. The sender pre-sorted the mailing…
Read articleEditorial reflections on junk mail, culture, sustainability, and the mailbox.
For junk mail, it is better to reduce it than to recycle it. Smarter sorting robots can identify almost anything on a conveyor belt,…
Read articleYes, you can stop obscene mail – i.e. mail you find sexually explicit. Under the Pandering Advertisements Statute (39 U. S. C. 3008), any…
Read articleNo. Banning junk mail would not bankrupt the US Postal Service. Mostly because USPS is already losing money on a scale junk mail can’t…
Read articleOriginal PaperKarma data, environmental analysis, industry decoders, and reporting.
Junk mail environmental impact: is it real? Yes, but beware of older, often repeated statistics: U.S. advertising mail used about 2.14 million tons of…
Read articleJunk mail is recycled, but at a rate no household can verify and that official sources do not agree on. Industry puts the 2024…
Read articleEye-opening post from the New York Times about why retailers ask for your zip code. Ask a merchant why they need your zip code,…
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