Return and Refuse Junk Mail
Reduce Junk Mail
Fight back!
What to do with First class and Third class mail:
- Depletes natural resources
- Creates waste
- Fills landfills
- Steals tax money for disposal fees
- Uses water for paper processing
- Uses inks with heavy metals
- Often trashed unopened and unread
Hint #1
First class mail with "address change requested" or "return postage guaranteed" can be marked:
"Refused - Return to Sender - Remove Name from Mailing List"
No postage is required. Remember to cross out your address.
Read our Great Tips for more on how to REFUSE and get REMOVED from junk mail lists.
Tip: print out multiple copies of this message on stickers and use on all your 1st class junk mail.
Hint #2
Residents can refuse to accept third class mail. One way is to copy this message on a piece of paper:
"Refusing 3rd Class Mail is allowed under Domestic Mail Manual Section D 042 - 'Conditions of Delivery'. Please Process"
The paper should then be wrapped around the ads with a rubber band and placed in the mail box.
Read our Great Tips for more on how to REFUSE and get REMOVED from junk mail lists.
Tip: print out multiple copies of this message on paper and use with all your 3rd class junk mail.
