Stop your junk mail before it arrives

By Trash Talk on Jan 17, 08 04:50 PM in

Are you sick of filling your paper recycling bin with all the junk mail you get?

It does not have to be that way. You can stop junk mail in its tracks.

The Mailing Preference Service (MPS) is a free service that enables you to have your name and home addresses in the UK removed from lists used by the direct mail industry. Royal Mail, direct mail trade associations and The Information Commissioners Office are fully behind the scheme.

The MPS can remove your name from up to 95% of Direct Mail lists. It will not stop mail that has been sent from overseas, un-addressed material or mail addressed to The Occupier. You can expect to continue to receive mailings from companies with whom you have done business in the past. You may also receive mailings from small, local companies. If you wish these mailings to be stopped, you must notify these companies directly.

They say it can take up to 4 months for the service to have full effect although I noticed a drop off after a month.

Registering with the MPS is FREE. You will have to register each individual at your address.

So sign up to remove most of the junk mail your receive and save yourself a trip to the recyling bin.
Go here to register.