Over 13 billion pieces of junk mail are delivered to Canadian mailboxes every year. That’s about 450 pieces for every person! Most people do not want to receive flyers or addressed admail (like new credit card offers), so why not reduce the amount that comes into your home?

Here’s what you can do:

• Write to the Canadian Marketing Association to have your name removed from mailing and telephone lists through their Do Not Contact service.
• Make a “No Junk Mail, Thanks” sign for your mailbox
• Send junk mail back to the sender (write ‘Return to Sender’ on the envelope).
• Cancel magazine and newspaper subscriptions that you don’t read. Instead, go online or to a local library if you want to read a particular magazine issue or article.

It all adds up

To have the best chance at stopping junk mail, do as many of these activities as you can. There is no guarantee that you can put an end to it, but you can certainly reduce a lot!