Letterboxer in the Media
'Letterboxer' at stopjunkmailblog.blogspot.com by Robert Rijkhoff
12 April 2008
An interesting new junk mail campaign recently started in New Zealand. It's called Letterboxer and has been set up by Christchurch resident Andrew Horton. Read More
'Stop Junk Mail in New Zealand' at www.stopthejunkmail.com
June 23rd, 2008
Gidday, We have only been here a few weeks but have already seen what New Zealand has to offer in the direct mail industry. Read More
Links
Resources to learn more about junk mail and the environment.
Are you looking for online circulars?
Supporters
Environment Canterbury. ECAN is not affiliated with Letterboxing beyond supplying stickers for which we are extremely grateful.Sustainability & The Environment in NZ
Be the change encourages action about climate change. It's an ingenious social media site for ideas, inspiration and action.
Sustainability.govt.nz This website is very well thought out with sections on Rubbish, Water, Energy, Building, Transport and Climate Change.
The Waste Exchange Browse listings of rubbish you can have free. One man's rubbish is anothers treasure. All sorts of commercial materials are available.
NZHerald : Junk mail merchants let off fines
Two Auckland councils are granting immunity from prosecution to junk mail advertisers despite an audit showing most people still receive unwanted unaddressed mail.
Ministry of Consumer Affairs: Ditch the direct mail?
Unsolicited advertising material, more commonly referred to as circulars or junk mail, are the flyers, brochures and special offers that appear in our letterboxes. It’s a medium used by marketers to alert us to sales and offers, and while some people enjoy receiving this information, there are others who would prefer not to.
International Links
Stop Junk Mail UK UK junkmail sticker supply site.
Stop the Junk Mail United States service to stop addressed junk mail.
The Daily Green: Junk Mail Produces as Much CO2 as 7 States Combined
A report by the group ForestEthics estimates that destroying forests to make paper for junk mail releases as much greenhouse gas pollution as 9 million cars.
Another way to look at it: Junk mail produces as much pollution as seven U.S. states combined, or as much as heating 13 million homes each winter.
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