The average home receives approximately 75 pounds of mail a year. Much of this is junk, unless you happen to be extremely popular. By reducing junk mail, you can save yourself and your business a lot of time while helping to preserve Oregon's natural resources.
Most junk mail uses virgin paper and toxic ink and is often of poor recycling value.
Every time you enter a contest, make a donation or a purchase, order a product by mail, subscribe to a magazine, or send in a warranty card, your name and address may be placed on a mailing list. The mailing list is rented, sold, and traded, and your name becomes a commodity. To get your name off of national lists, the Mail Preference Service collects a list of people who do not want to receive junk mail. Yes, this is getting on yet another list in order to be kept off other mailing lists, but it has been proven to drastically cut down on junk mail.