5 resources to help you minimize your junk mail

Has this ever happened to you?

You walk to your mailbox and open it up and you have to throw your hands in front of the mailbox to keep all of the contents from spilling out. The mailbox is packed full and overflowing with junk mail. Magazines, brochures, flyers and “special one-time offers” are literally falling out of our mailbox. If so, you are not alone. This happened to me way too many times, so I decided enough was enough. 

I found some tricks to permanently get off of junk mail lists! With all the moving we’ve done the last couple of years, I’ve gone through this process a few times and thought I’d share the secrets with you.

Junk mail is not only a waste of your time, it’s also a complete waste of resources and money. It’s easier than you think to get off of these lists. Just dedicate an afternoon to go through the process. 

Here are 5 recourses to help you minimize your junk mail:

There are a few different types of junk mail. There are credit card and insurance mail offers, there’s direct mail marketing and catalogs. Use the following resources to get rid of ALL junk mail coming to your home:

• Use Optoutprescreen.com to be removed from credit card and insurance mail offers.
• Use DMA choice.org to be removed from direct mail marketing.
• Another great resource is The Federal Trade Commissions Consumer Alertwhich helps you to be removed from unsolicited mail and phone calls.
• Catalog Choice is a non-profit organization that sends merchants your catalog opt-out request on your behalf.
• Another good one is PaperKarma. This service helps you opt out of multiple different types of junk mail including: catalogs, charity donation requests, credit card & insurance offers, direct marketers, local mailers, national mailers, and previous resident/occupants’ junk mail.

Getting off of junk mail lists is one of those things that takes a dedicated afternoon (or maybe two) but will save lots of time and energy in the long run! Invest a few hours to get rid of this unnecessary clutter and then when you open your mailbox the only items you’ll find will contain pertinent and useful information.

I hope these resources help you get a bit more organized and keep extra paper clutter out of your home!