Junk Mail

The Greenest and Best From PC Mag's Top 100 Undiscovered Sites List

Dave Burdick | Posted 08.20.2008 | Green


Dave Burdick

PC Magazine just churned out a pretty righteous list of what it calls the top 100 undiscovered web sites. It's very well done and here are a couple that are both useful and green(-ish).

10 Creative Ways To Reuse Your Junk Mail

Huffington Post | Posted 08.08.2008 | Green


100 billion pieces of junk mail are sent annually, which accounts for one-third of all United States mail. According to Treehugger, Americans spend ov...

Junk Mail Marketers Try To Go Green

New York Times | Claudia Deutsch | Posted 07.23.2008 | Green


MOST marketers readily concede it: getting rid of direct mail -- or junk mail, as environmentalists and most recipients call it -- would save a lot of...

Stop Junk Mail Now: 3 Easy Tips

Olivia Zaleski | Posted 06.16.2008 | Green


Olivia Zaleski

They may seem innocent, but common companies often sell your personal spending information to credit bureaus. Credit bureaus use the information to create lists based on consumer characteristics (i.e. income brackets, spending habits, boxer-briefs preferences) and rent them to marketers, credit card and insurance industries in search of specific demographics.

6 Things To Do With Your Old Junk

Danny Seo | Posted 12.27.2007 | Living


Danny Seo

I think to say I'm fastidious would be an understatement. I have a ritual that my close friends find a bit odd, but I find it keeps my life and home ...

Bombarded with Catalogs? Choose to Cut the Waste

Daniel Katz | Posted 10.24.2007 | Living


Daniel Katz

As a consumer myself, I don't begrudge anyone for making a purchase from a catalog, but as a lifelong conservationist, I do find the unnecessary waste hard to digest.