Comments on: Plastic Challenge: Pat Clancy, Week 5

By: Beth Terry

Beth Terry — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 04:39:10 +0000

My advice is to make sure you save the label for when you contact companies to remove you from list because they may ask you for some codes that will help them find and delete your subscription. Another tip: When I give money to an organization, I ask right off the bat for them not to add me to their paper mailing list (I tell them email is okay) and then if they do send me mail, I call them or write them immediately to be removed. And if they keep on doing it (I’m talking to you, Planned Parenthood) then I don’t give to them anymore and tell them why.

By: Pat Clancy

Pat Clancy — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 04:35:15 +0000

Whew! I don’t have to count Netflix tear strips. Yay! I subscribe to Catalog Choice but am not aware that they deal with all mail, just catalogs. My envelopes were from ACLU, Art Institute and another that I can’t recall. I will have to contact them individually, I’m afraid. If you have information to share about this, I’m listening.

By: Beth Terry

Beth Terry — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 04:10:29 +0000

Hi Pat. I’m excited to tell you that my blog post going up tomorrow will help you find wines with natural corks! Stay tuned…

Also, a while back I contacted Netflix about the tear strip and was told it’s paper coated with silicone, not plastic. So it’s up to you if you want to count it or not. Silicone is a polymer based on silicon (found in sand) rather than carbon (found in fossil fuels.) However, to make silicone, hydrocarbons derived from fossil sources have to be added. So it’s kind of a special hybrid. Anyway, just thought you might like even more info. :-)

Catalog Choice is a good resource for getting off mailing lists: https://www.catalogchoice.org/

And I just make a habit every week of calling or emailing companies to take me off their paper mailing lists. I get very little paper mail anymore, but there still are things I can’t avoid.