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Better Robots Won’t Fix Recycling. So What To Do with Junk Mail?
For junk mail, it is better to reduce it than to recycle it. Smarter sorting robots can identify almost anything on a conveyor belt,…
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Editorial reflections on junk mail, culture, sustainability, and the mailbox.
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Celebrate World Environment Day 2026
PaperKarma’s World Environment Day 2026 effort helps users turn junk-mail opt-outs into tree plantings. During June 2026, PaperKarma will plant trees for qualifying opt-out…
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7 Times Obscene Mail Scandalized America (and the Opt-Out Superpower It Left You)
Yes, you can stop obscene mail – i.e. mail you find sexually explicit. Under the Pandering Advertisements Statute (39 U. S. C. 3008), any…
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USPS Junk Mail: Would Banning It Bankrupt the Postal Service?
No. Banning junk mail would not bankrupt the US Postal Service. Mostly because USPS is already losing money on a scale junk mail can’t…
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Earth Day 2026 – Stop Junk Mail and Plant Trees
PaperKarma’s Earth Day 2026 effort helps users turn junk-mail opt-outs into tree plantings. During April 2026, PaperKarma will plant trees for qualifying opt-out activity,…
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How I Get No Junk Mail & It’s Glorious
But it messes things up for the rest of the neighborhood
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