Let’s be honest, big business are not interested in saving the planet

Bretrick

Bretrick

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Two examples.
Here in Australia, McDonalds are responsible for 84 million take away cups going into landfill every year.

Approximately 8.2 billion articles of unaddressed junk mail are produced and delivered to Australian households every year. As well as 650 million articles of addressed promotional mail.
This equates to approximately a quarter of a million tonnes of paper every year. 2.6 million trees are cut down each year to enable this junk mail to be delivered to our mailboxes. 80% of which goes straight into the bin unread.

Currently the onus is on the householder to stop the delivery of junk mail into their letter boxes by displaying "No Junk Mail" signage most of which are ignored by the person making the delivery. Once again, the onus is on the household to report to the authorities the unlawful delivery of junk mail into signed letterboxes.

Businesses would lobby politicians if junk mail was to be made illegal. Suppression of trade, higher costs to businesses to only deliver “addressed mail”. The printing industry would be “up in arms” as they generate huge profits from producing the hundreds of thousands of tonnes of junk mail destined for landfill.
No doubt, the weak politicians will listen to industry and not make physical junk mail illegal.
Bretrick’s rant for the day.
 
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It probably makes sense to end traditional paper mail delivery and switch to email even if it means the government offering some inexpensive Wi-Fi hotspots and devices to people unable to afford a phone or tablet along with conventional in home Wi-Fi.

As an example, this year I was able to sign my income tax forms electronically without printing them out, signing, mailing or scanning.
 
Bretrick said:
Currently the onus is on the householder to stop the delivery of junk mail into their letter boxes by displaying "No Junk Mail Signage most of which are ignored by the person making the delivery. Once again, the onus is on the household to report to the authorities the unlawful delivery of junk mail into signed letterboxes.
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If you can do that in Australia, okay, but in the States (or at least in my state) we don't have that option. Senders have paid for delivery, and the USPS is legally obligated to deliver any mail addressed to my residence, including marketing materials.
 
Bretrick said:
Currently the onus is on the householder to stop the delivery of junk mail into their letter boxes by displaying "No Junk Mail" signage most of which are ignored by the person making the delivery. Once again, the onus is on the household to report to the authorities the unlawful delivery of junk mail into signed letterboxes.
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Gosh, I wish we had that option here in the States! I would be one happy camper. But, as @MACKTEXAS noted, we do not.
 
Bretrick said:
Two examples.
Here in Australia, McDonalds are responsible for 84 million take away cups going into landfill every year.

Approximately 8.2 billion articles of unaddressed junk mail are produced and delivered to Australian households every year. As well as 650 million articles of addressed promotional mail.
This equates to approximately a quarter of a million tonnes of paper every year. 2.6 million trees are cut down each year to enable this junk mail to be delivered to our mailboxes. 80% of which goes straight into the bin unread.

Currently the onus is on the householder to stop the delivery of junk mail into their letter boxes by displaying "No Junk Mail" signage most of which are ignored by the person making the delivery. Once again, the onus is on the household to report to the authorities the unlawful delivery of junk mail into signed letterboxes.

Businesses would lobby politicians if junk mail was to be made illegal. Suppression of trade, higher costs to businesses to only deliver “addressed junk mail”. The printing industry would be “up in arms” as they generate huge profits from producing the hundreds of thousands of tonnes of junk mail destined for landfill.
No doubt, the weak politicians will listen to industry and not make physical junk mail illegal.
Bretrick’s rant for the day.
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I have the sign on my door stating no junk mail... it's ignored occasionally usually by Estate agents.. which irritates the hell out of me.. and the other ones who routinely ignore it are those delivering charity bags.....but overall since I put the sign up several years ago, it reduced the junk mail by about 90 %
 
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I watched a couple of documentaries recently, and I agree - mega corporations push all the responsibility for the end state of their products to us, the consumer.


The Light Bulb Conspiracy (2010)
: Traces the history of planned obsolescence from a 1920s lightbulb cartel to modern e-waste.

Buy Now: The Shopping Conspiracy (2024)
: A recent Netflix documentary exposing how corporations engineer products and consumer desire for endless consumption.

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And I have long since wished I could turn off junk mail at home AND in email :ROFLMAO:
 
I signed up for no junk mail years ago in the US and it worked. Very rarely do I get any junk mail. However, it looks as if now it is necessary to pay for this and it is not just a one step process like it used to be. They are showing different fees for different types of junk mail.

Don't even get me started on plastic. They just don't care.
 
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