The "She shredded her Junk Mail"

[Jules]

I wish I could find a way to stop all junk mail, I don't recall ever in my life that junk mail influenced me to use a service or purchase a product. It's all wasted on me.

Canada Post allows us to put up a notice that we don’t want anything delivered unless it is addressed to us. It really cut down on the garbage. Maybe you can do the same with your local mail delivery system.

Any important mail is sent via email.

Some weeks we have no mail.

 

[OneEyedDiva]

Like you I procrastinate when it comes to shredding. Don't know why because it can be fun. I've procrastinated so much in the past that I actually had 33 gallon garbage bags full that we used to take to the shredder truck. Pouf....all that paper became confetti in about 5 seconds. Last time I promised myself it would be the last time, that I would keep up with it. I've done a little better but right now, there are papers on my little desk and in a large cloth grocery bag. I'm sure there is more in various bags and I hate to even think about the obsolete paperwork in my filing cabinet that should be shredded too.

 

[Lavinia]

Don't you have recycling in America? Here in Britain, all paper and cardboard is put in bins and recycled. The same with tins, plastic and glass. How much of it is actually re-used I don't know but it is all collected.

 

[Coconut]

Don't you have recycling in America? Here in Britain, all paper and cardboard is put in bins and recycled. The same with tins, plastic and glass. How much of it is actually re-used I don't know but it is all collect

Yes, we have recycling in America.
If your personal information is on the documents, you are at risk of identity theft and junk mail.
I watched a show a few years ago about recycling. Some of it is sent to other countries or it ends up in a dump anyway.