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Post Office Struggling – Is Junk Mail Partly to Blame?

Posted in August 6th, 2009
Published in Junk Mail

The U.S. Postal Service is in trouble. It’s been struggling with financial and structural problems for a long time, facing competition from private companies and paperless communication methods. Now, drastic changes are recommended. The Government Accountability Office placed the post office on the list of high-risk federal agencies in need of change, and the independent [...]

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Junk Mail Experiment makes for interesting results

Posted in July 31st, 2009
Published in A Green Future

I found a really great article on grist yesterday, written by Alan Durning. He’s long been a proponent of cutting junk mail and giving Americans and Canadians a choice to opt out with a Do Not Mail registry (similar to the Do Not Call list we already have). He made an effort to cut his [...]

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The Postage Rate Increase: Details About the Cost of Stamps

Posted in May 11th, 2009
Published in Junk Mail

Today marks yet another postage increase from the U.S. Postal Service! It’s now 44 cents for a first-class stamp to mail a standard letter. I can remember when stamps were just 19 cents each, and you still had to lick them to get them to stick… those were the gummy-tongued days. Stamps are self-adhesive now, [...]

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Happy Earth Day! Do the Earth (and Your Mailbox) a Favor

Posted in April 22nd, 2009
Published in A Green Future

Today, April 22, is Earth Day! If you want to know more about Earth Day, Wild Singapore has a great list of facts from John Roach at National Geographic, and Soropedia has some quotes that bring out the spirit of Earth Day. But the main thing is that it’s a day to remember that every [...]

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More interesting uses for junk mail: Couture

Posted in March 19th, 2009

Are you still receiving junk mail? If you haven’t signed up for The Privacy Council yet, you probably are. Most Americans get more than 10 pieces of junk mail a week, or over 500 pieces a year. That’s a lot of cut trees that usually end up in landfills.
Of course, some people look for alternative [...]

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The Sun and the Rain and the Appleseed

Posted in March 11th, 2009
Published in Privacy News

Today is Johnny Appleseed Day!
According to Wise Herb’s Random Jottings, Johnny Appleseed was born John Chapman in 1774. He was known for traveling around the Midwest and introducing apple trees to the area, all while spreading a message of conservation, generosity and keeping life simple.
Many of us grew up hearing stories about Johnny Appleseed and [...]

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Chimps and Junk Mail: Why Saving Habitats Matters

Posted in February 17th, 2009

Monday, a woman in Stamford, CT, was attacked and mauled by a pet chimpanzee. Travis the chimp, which belonged to Sandra Herold and which had appeared in TV commercials, was shot and killed during his violent rampage, and the woman he attacked, Charla Nash, is in critical condition. Attacks such as these are startling because, [...]

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Junk Mail Comes Alive

Posted in January 14th, 2009
Published in Junk Mail

This does a great job of illustrating junk mail.

Junk Mail PSA – watch more funny videos

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Through rain, or snow, or sleet, or hail… This mailman won’t bring the junk mail

Posted in November 24th, 2008

The latest news in the fight on junk mail: a mailman is taking sides in the battle.
Steven Padgett, a mailman in Apex, NC, received probation in federal court last week for refusing to deliver junk mail to the people on his route. For at least seven years, he took the junk mail home, stored it [...]

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Marketing Hall of Shame: Cleanse Your Colon (And Your Grasp of Reality)

Posted in November 14th, 2008
Published in Hall of Shame

I received this spam email a few days ago. The subject line caught me first: “Cleanse and Flush up to 20lbs from your colon!” The rest of the email reads like this:
Lose Weight With Your Mate! – Flush out up to 25 pounds – Remove Deadly Toxic Buildup – Relieve Constipation and Bloating – Best of [...]

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