The City of Seattle passed a non-binding resolution asking the State of Washington to set up a do not mail registry and directing the Seattle Public Utilities agency to evaluate the existing mail preference services as…
A year or so ago I went to Catalog Choice and signed up, listed all sorts of catalogs I was receiving and really didn't want or need and since then I have had very few unwanted catalogs come to me. It's a great way to save trees, save landfill, and time as well.
And most other sources of mailings are probably willing to trim their lists as well. I was getting snail mail mailings from my phone carrier [QWest] frequently and would just toss them in the recycling bin. That seemed sort of silly, since they were spending money to mail me and I was just tossing the pieces. I wrote Qwest [emailed customer service] and they've taken me off their mailing list. I know where I can reach them if I need to change or improve service. It's nice not to be getting deluged by all the useless advertising fodder. So kudos to Qwest as well.