I don't know if they're around anymore, but I have a file from 1992 for
"The Stop Junk Mail Assn.," that will help you stop receiving junk mail.
They have studied the laws involving junk mail. There phone is
1-800-827-5549, address: The Stop Junk Mail Assn., 3020 Bridgeway #150,
Sausalito, CA 94965.
Here is a list of addresses that I notify every so often, when it seems
that I have been added to a "list," either phone or mail. I send them
letters requesting to be taken off their lists. It is kind of old...:
Mail Preference Service
c/o Direct Marketing Association
PO Box 9008
Farmingdale, NY 11735-9008
American Express
Attn: Cardmember Mailing List Services
PO Box 53710
Phoenix, AZ 85038
RL Polk & Company
List Services Division
1621 18th Street #300
Denver, CO 80202
Donnelley Marketing, Inc.
Data Base Operations
1235 N. Avenue
Nevada, IA 50201-1419
Metromail Corporation
List Maintenance
949 West Bond
Lincoln, NE 68521
Val-Pak Coupons
Label Order Department
8575 Largo Lakes Drive
Largo, FL 34643
Carol Wright Gifts
Customer Service
340 Apple Creek Road
Lincoln, NE 68544
ADVO Inc.
List Service Supervisor
239 West Service Road
Hartford, CT 06120
Database America
Compilation Department
100 Paragon Drive
Montvale, NJ 07645-0419
TRW (I think they are now called Experian)
Attn: Marketing Services
901 N. International Pkwy
Richardson, TX 75081
Equifax
PO Box 740123
Atlanta, GA 30374-0123
Diners’ Club/Carte Blanche
Attn: Member Services
PO Box 5824
Denver, CO 80217
Phone Preference Service
c/o Direct Marketing Association
PO Box 9014
Farmingdale, NY 11735-9014
Myra Nissen
Jim McNelly wrote:
>
> Hi Greenyes list,
>
> Let me share a composters perspective on the issue of junk mail.
>
> The way I look at it, these lovely companies are very kind to send me
> periodic batches of free "worm bedding" disguised as junk mail. I simply
> take the unwanted mail, toss it into a trash can with other non recyclable
> paper, and later fill the can with water. I let it sit for a few days to
> get good and pulpy and then wheel it out to the worm bed and dump it in,
> forking the material around with table scraps and yard trimmings.
>
> The redworms love it.
>
> For those who worry about hazards in the inks, all the studies I have seen
> show that composting is the best way to remediate any residual hydrocarbons
> in the ink and that analyses of heavy metals show that mixed paper,
> including magazines and colored inserts, (other than gift-wrapping paper)
> is at background levels of heavy metals. Mixed paper and newsprint is
> actually lower in cadmium that green vegetables such as lettuce, spinach
> and kale. The major source of cadmium in the typical person is actually
> from tobacco leaves ingested by smoking.
>
> The worms are nature's bio-indicators and they are quick to let you know if
> there is a biohazard in their food. They obviously like it and thrive in
> paper products.
>
> Some people have Junk yard Dogs, I've got Junk Mail Worms.
>
> Jim~ McNelly
> The Compost Man
> compost@cloudnet.com
> Http://www.composter.com
>
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