Resources for Junk Mail Reduction
12/12/98
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Title: RESOURCES FOR JUNK MAIL REDUCTION OTHER RESOURCES FOR JUNK
MAIL REDUCTION
Source: The Native Forest Network, http://www.nativeforest.org
Status: Copyright 1998, contact source for permission to reprint
Date: December 12, 1998
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Phone Book Directory Companies
*Phone book data is public information. You can have an unlisted
number or eliminate your street address from the phone book listing.
Unfortunately, these lists can still be found and traded. To have
your name eliminated from phone book mailing lists, contact:
Haines & Co.
Criss-Cross Directory
Attn: Director of Data Processing
8050Freedom Ave, NW
North Canton, OH 44720
(800) 562-8262
R.L. Polk & Co.
Attn: List Suppression Files
26955 Northwestern Highway
South Field, MI 48034
(810) 728-7000
Mailing List Companies (compilers, sellers, traders)
R.L. Polk & Co.
List Compilation
26955 Northwestern Highway
South Field, MI 48034
(810) 728-7000
1st Data Info-Source
Donnelley Mktg,
Data Base Operations
1235 NO Ave
Nevada, IA 50201
(888) 633-4402
Metromail Corp.
List Maintenance
901 West Bond
Lincoln, NE 68521
(800) 426-8901
Database America
Compilation Dept
100 Paragon Dr.
Montvale, NJ 07645
(800) 223-7777 and (201)
476-2000
Experian (TRW)
Target Marketing Services Div.
Attn: Consumer Option Out
PO Box 919
Allen, TX 75013
(800) 353-0809
TransUnion
Name Removal Option
PO Box 97328
Jackson, MS 39288-7328
(800) 680-7293
Producers of coupons and ads addressed to 'the resident'
*To stop receiving coupons, ads, and product samples addressed
to 'the resident' contact:
ADVO, Inc.
List Service Supervisor
239 West Service Road
Hartford, CT 06120
(206) 872-0553
Donnelley Marketing Inc
Data Base Operations
1235 N. Avenue
Nevada, IA 50201-1419
(515) 382-5441
Harte Hanks Direct Marketing
List Maintenance
100 Alco Place
Baltimore, MD 21227-2090
Val-Pak Direct Marketing
Systems, Inc
Postal Affairs
1840 Aerojet Way North
Las Vegas, NV 89030
Other Helpful Organizations
Stop Junk Mail Association
3020 Bridgeway #150
Sausalito, CA 94965
(800) 827-5549
Junk Mail Busters
Suite 4 Embarcadero Center
San Francisco, CA 94111
St. Paul Neighborhood
Consortium
475 N. Cleveland Ave #100
St. Paul, MN 55104-5051
Good Advice Press
PO Box 78
Elizaville, NY 12523
(914) 758-1400 and
(800) 255-0899
Private Citizen
Box 233
Naperville, IL 60566
(800) cut-junk
Action Correspondence
15817 Bernardo Ctr, Dr. #102
San Diego, CA 92127
(619) 525-3805
*All of the above organizations (1-6) have various junk mail
reduction services, including: action kits with legal strategies,
booklets on stopping junk mail, etc.
FoundStuff Paper Works
744 G Street #201
San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 338-9432
*Ship your third class mail by the boxfull (no magazines or
newsprint) and have it recycled into first class stationary.
National Waste Prevention
Coalition Tom Watson,
coordinator
PO Box 24545
Seattle, WA 98124-0545
(206) 298-4481
fax: (206) 296-0197
Charities and Non-profits
*Charities and Non-profits often trade mailing lists. If you chose to
give, you may want to request that your name not be put on a mailing
list.
Informational Web Pages
1. National Waste Prevention Coalition - www.metrokc.gov/nwpc/
2. Consumer Research Institute - www.stopjunk.com/environment.html
3. Obviously Implementations Corp - www.obviously.com/junkmail
4. Ecofuture - www.ecofuture.org/ecofuture/jnkmail.html