a bit more on paper...

as if you needed any more things to be crammed in your head since that last post...but i forgot to touch on junk mail - a big paper waster. aren't we all tired of getting catalogs and credit card offers that we barely even acknowledge? well, first of all, you can try contacting the organizations directly and tell them to stop sending you things. if you don't feel like doing all the work, then check out 41 pounds. you have to pay $41 to sign up for this but it stops unwanted junk mail for five years. you can also put in the names of everyone else living in the same household, and then you just type in the names of all the places sending you junk. not only that, but you can choose a charity for them to donate a portion of your money to, and depending on the organization, they will plant 15 to 150 trees on your behalf. another organization is green dimes. this does basically the same thing and costs $20 a year. they will also plant five trees for every member who signs up, which is pretty cool. finally, if you don't feel like spending money, you can at least stop the catalogs from coming in with catalog choice. you sign up for free, and then either search or browse through their existing list of catalogs and check off the ones you no longer want to receive. if the ones you are getting aren't on the list, just let them know so they can add it. easy! so what are you waiting for? i think i'm going to try catalog choice first and see how that works, as well as contacting people directly and letting them know i am not interested in receiving mail from them.