Comments on: Plastic Challenge: Nan, Week 2 http://myplasticfreelife.com/showyourplastic/2012/01/plastic-challenge-nan-week-2/ Take the challenge. Collect your plastic waste (both recyclable and non) for one week or more. Then photograph, tally, and post it here. What can we learn about our habits and lifestyles by examining our waste? And what changes can each of us make to leave the planet a little less trashy? Tue, 28 May 2013 06:08:37 +0000 hourly 1 By: Nan http://myplasticfreelife.com/showyourplastic/2012/01/plastic-challenge-nan-week-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2895 Nan Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:21:13 +0000 http://myplasticfreelife.com/showyourplastic/?p=2109#comment-2895 Oops, sorry for all my typos/grammar errors.

]]> By: Nan http://myplasticfreelife.com/showyourplastic/2012/01/plastic-challenge-nan-week-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2894 Nan Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:20:21 +0000 http://myplasticfreelife.com/showyourplastic/?p=2109#comment-2894 Thanks for all the useful info. Hopefully I can reduce some of this mail. I greatly reduced it a few years ago, but it’s worked it’s way back up. Thanks again for all the help. This website is such a great resource.

]]> By: Julie http://myplasticfreelife.com/showyourplastic/2012/01/plastic-challenge-nan-week-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2880 Julie Sun, 15 Jan 2012 20:59:19 +0000 http://myplasticfreelife.com/showyourplastic/?p=2109#comment-2880 I was going to recommend Catalog Choice! I’ve been using them for years, and they’re fantastic. They’ve expanded their options lately, too. These days, most of the junk mail comes from companies I actually do business with. That seems to be the hardest to get rid of!

]]> By: Beth Terry http://myplasticfreelife.com/showyourplastic/2012/01/plastic-challenge-nan-week-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2879 Beth Terry Sun, 15 Jan 2012 20:01:09 +0000 http://myplasticfreelife.com/showyourplastic/?p=2109#comment-2879 My kitty loves to eat plastic, too. I have to be very careful with her because she won’t just chew it but actually swallow.

I’m still working on stopping mailings too! Here are some services that can help you get off mailing lists:

https://www.dmachoice.org

http://www.directmail.com/directory/mail_preference/Default.aspx

https://www.catalogchoice.org/

If you make a concerted effort, you can also call companies that send you junk mail and ask to be removed from the list. Or send their mail back to them in their own postage paid envelope, if they have provided one.

And if you don’t want phone books, you can opt out of all of those here:

http://www.yellowpagesoptout.com/

I have been banking online and doing all of my bill paying online and have not had any problems with it. I don’t receive any bills or statements through the mail except from a couple of companies that don’t yet offer online services.

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