Reducing junk mail
Receiving unwanted junk mail, leaflets and magazines through your door can be annoying. Most junk mail is immediately thrown away, wasting natural resources and adding to rubbish disposal costs.
If you would like to reduce the amount you receive, the suggestions below will be of some use to you:
- You can ask to have your name removed from company mailing lists by registering for free at the mail preference service at http://www.mpsonline.org.uk/mpsr/ (you can also register with them to reduce unwanted faxes and telephone calls)
- You can contact Royal Mail and ask them to remove your name from their mailing list
- Return to sender – send it back unopened and unstamped to the organisation (if there is a return address) marked “return to sender – unsolicited mail – please remove name from mailing list” on the envelope
- Fix a notice by your letterbox stating you do not wish to receive junk mail
- Be careful when you fill in forms and questionnaires, select the option not to receive marketing material in the future