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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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Editorial reflections on junk mail, culture, sustainability, and the mailbox.
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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 to Stop Junk Mail: I Get No Mail & It’s Glorious
I Get No Mail and It’s Glorious But it messes things up for the rest of the neighborhood A couple weeks ago, I stepped…
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How Postal Mail Lost its Magic
Junk mail has destroyed the joy we once felt opening the mailbox in anticipation of receiving a letter.
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Discarding Junk Mail – What do you do?
Discarding Junk Mail. Do you shred all your junk mail?
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