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Have you ever realized how much junk mail you get, that you simply throw away (or hopefully recycle)?  Things like credit card offers and catalogs.  I get tons of them and it is more of a hassle to sort through what is real mail and what is just junk.  I’ve recently figured out how to dramatically decrease the amount of junk mail you receive.  There are 2 websites that take care of most of it and both are completely free to use.  One takes about 2 minutes to fill out and the other is closer to 15 minutes, but so worthwhile!

Credit Card Offers: The first website is called Opt Out Prescreen, and it will take your name off so many credit card offer mailings.  I did this about 6 months ago and went from getting about 2 credit card offers a day to 2 credit card offers a month.  So not only are you reducing the amount of waste generated from all this paper and saving trees, but you also reduce your risk of your personal information getting in the wrong hands.

Catalogs:  This website is called Catalog Choice and this allows you to go through and select which catalogs you wish to no longer receive.  The great thing about this site is that you get to pick and choose which ones you want to receive and which ones you don’t.  There are a couple catalogs I like to receive and actually read, so I did not request to be taken off their mailing lists, but I did request all the clothing catalogs that I never look at. 

Those two websites will get rid of the majority of junk mail, but you will still get some.  Most of these are going to be from direct marketers.  The one I mostly get is the Val-Pak coupons (comes in a blue envelope).  I don’t use these coupons, so to me this is also junk mail.  They have an opt out website as well, that you can remove yourself from their mailing list. 

The one type of junk mail I am still trying to track down how to get rid of is the weekly mailings from my local grocery store.  So if you know how to get rid of this one, please email me and let me know!

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