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 guideTo stop credit card offers in the mail, opt out of preapproved offers at OptOutPrescreen. Then opt-out of all other c...
OptOutPrescreen is the legitimate, official website for stopping prescreened (preapproved) credit and insurance offer...
EDDM (Every Door Direct Mail) is a USPS program that delivers an advertiser’s mail piece to every address on a...
For junk mail, it is better to reduce it than to recycle it. Smarter sorting robots can identify almost anything on a...
Step-by-step guides for stopping junk mail by sender, by service, and by category.
OptOutPrescreen is the legitimate, official website for stopping prescreened (preapproved) credit and insurance offers: the Fair Credit Reporting Act requires the four credit bureaus…
Read articleEDDM (Every Door Direct Mail) is a USPS program that delivers an advertiser’s mail piece to every address on a chosen postal route, with…
Read articleTo 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 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 articleRetailers ask for your ZIP code at checkout primarily for marketing. Combined with the name on your credit card, a five-digit ZIP is often…
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