County offers tips to combat junk mail.Byline: Scott Maben The Register-Guard Lane County is continuing to combat waste by targeting the bursts of junk mail See spam and junk faxes. plastering plastering, house construction technique involving the application of plaster to walls and ceilings, exterior plasterwork being of a different composition and generally known as stucco. most households. Each American receives an average of 560 pieces of junk mail annually and discards 44 percent of it unopened and unread, said Pete Chism, the county's waste reduction specialist. About a fifth of what goes into the county's Short Mountain Landfill is paper products, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. state records from 2000. That's 53,000 tons of paper a year. In an effort to make a dent in that unwanted mail, the county is sharing tips on how residents can remove themselves from mailing lists An automated e-mail system on the Internet, which is maintained by subject matter. There are thousands of such lists that reach millions of individuals and businesses. New users generally subscribe by sending an e-mail with the word "subscribe" in it and subsequently receive all new for catalogs, credit card solicitations, sweepstakes and more. The junk mail strike is the third and final phase of the county's yearlong year·long adj. Lasting one year. Adj. 1. yearlong - lasting through a year; "attending yearlong courses" long - primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or "Less is Best" campaign to help residents reduce the waste they generate. The most effective defense against junk mail, Chism said, is to register with the Direct Marketing Association Mail Preference Service every five years. By doing so, "you're taking your name off the largest direct marketing list that they have," he said. Send a postcard or letter with the date and name, address and signature, and write, "Please register my name with the mail preference service." Mail the request to Direct Marketing Association, c/o Less is Best Waste Reduction Campaign, P.O. Box 11542, Eugene, OR 97440. Other tactics include: Unsolicited credit card offers: Remove your name from all the major consumer credit reporting agencies with a single toll-free call to (888) 567-8688. Unwanted catalogs: Call the toll-free customer service number of the business and ask to be removed from the mailing list. Have the catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. handy to provide mailing label information to the operator. Stay off new lists: Product warranty cards that come with many appliances, telecommunications devices and office equipment are often used to collect personal information - buying habits, hobbies, income, education level - that is sold to direct marketers. Read carefully before deciding to send in the card. Manufacturers should honor warranties even if registration cards are not returned. Just save sales receipts. Likewise, when making a donation, ordering a product or service, or subscribing to a publication, request your name not be sold, rented or given away. Avoid contests: Sweepstakes and contests that require your name and address on an entry form usually are "fishing expeditions Also known as a "fishing trip." Using the courts to find out information beyond the fair scope of the lawsuit. The loose, vague, unfocused questioning of a witness or the overly broad use of the discovery process. " for names to add to direct mail lists. Avoid the contests if you don't want the mail. More tips on eliminating junk mail are available in a brochure at BRING Recycling, University of Oregon campus The University of Oregon campus in Eugene, Oregon has around 80 buildings and facilities, including athletics sites such as Hayward Field, which is the site for the 2008 Olympic Track and Field Trials, and McArthur Court, and off-campus sites such as nearby Autzen Stadium and the recycling, the Materials Exchange Center for Community Arts, Rural Community Assistance Corp., Good Company, the city of Eugene's Atrium Building and all 16 of the county's waste transfer sites. The brochure and other waste reduction information also are available on the county's "Less is Best" Web site, www.lanecounty.org/PW_WMD WMD white muscle disease. _Recycle/lessisbest.htm. |
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