Good comments, as usual Roger. This sounds like an issue that would fit
nicely into the agenda of the Center for a New American Dream or the
various simplicity movements popping up around the country. Privacy
groups might also be interested. I detest both junk mail and
telemarketing and have recently come across a new species -- the
recorded telemarketing call. At least you don't have to feel badly about
hanging up on a real person.
Cindy Pollock Shea
Contributing Editor
Florida Sustainable Communities Center
http://sustainable.state.fl.us
Roger Guttentag wrote:
> Dear GreenYesers: The recent message by Mary Appelhof to GreenYes on
> the huge waste of material resources from the billions of direct mail
> marketing pieces sent out for credit card solicitations is part of a
> long history of messages about junk mail posted to this and other
> lists. Mary's suggestion regarding who you can contact about getting
> your name removed from mailing lists is helpful but, within the
> current legal environment, I feel it is an almost futile strategy.
> Trying to get your name removed from direct marketing databases is
> like fighting the mythical Hydra - I believe that for every success
> you have in getting your name deleted from one database, it gets added
> to three other databases at the same time. This problem will persist
> as long as the current system provides only "opt-out" options for
> individuals.
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