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Please, no more catalogs!

Please, No More Catalogs!

Our mailbox is stuffed each week with unwanted catalogs. My wife occasionally buys something mail-order, but now she sometimes gets 8 different catalogs a week. Around Christmas, that number can swell to 20. I would estimate that recycling these catalogs generates up to 25% of our paper waste each week. A tremendous waste when multiplied by millions of addresses. I hate waste! There is a new free website that helps cut down on this waste. You can register at www.catalogchoice.org to be removed from mailings of participating companies. The only drawback is that you have to opt out of each individual company, and there are thousands. A better option would be that you have to opt- in to get catalogs, but that will never happen. I'll do my little part to save some tress and add each catalog as we get them. As of 5/23/08, 871,444 persons have opted out of 11,331,765 catalogs.

Spread the word. Every little bit helps!

Wayne B. Pruner is a Realtor® at Oregon First, who works in the Portland and Tigard, Oregon area. He is ready to help you with all your real estate needs. His phone number is 503-891-0795. Here are links to his real estate website and his real estate blog.

Posted by Tigard Oregon Real Estate >> Wayne B. Pruner, GRI on 05/23/2008 11:52 PM

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11 Comments on Please, no more catalogs!

Wayne, I know how you feel. While I'm busy throwing away all the mail junk, I often think about how much money is wasted on ink, paper and mailing along with the man hours paid...certainly isn't "Green." And it just keeps coming and coming.

05/25/2008 02:01 PM

by Sacramento Real Estate and Luxury Homes, Real Estate Broker,Gena Riede (Remax Gold, Gena@GenaSells.com)

Wayne,

I found that same website after seeing it advertised on the Today program ... and have since signed on to stop many catalogs from clogging up my mailbox. Although they were always recycled, they shouldn't have been produced in the first place. This organization is doing a great job to reduce the waste of our natural resources...thanks for letting others know about it.

05/31/2008 08:22 PM

by Maureen Bray - Home Stager - Room Solutions Staging Portland OR (Room Solutions - Staging that Sells Portland Homes!)

I love my catalogs. I can window-shop at my leisure without ever leaving home, and then throw them away.

06/08/2008 09:35 PM

by Margaret Woda, Crofton Maryland Real Estate (Long & Foster REALTORS)

Margaret ~ You probably meant -- then recycle them, right?? :-)

Sorry Wayne, I couldn't help commenting -- you know what ardent recyclers we Oregonians are!!

06/10/2008 12:03 AM

by Maureen Bray - Home Stager - Room Solutions Staging Portland OR (Room Solutions - Staging that Sells Portland Homes!)

Thanks Maureen. I also hope she recycles.

06/10/2008 12:12 AM

Wayne

Great piece. I really enjoy your take on the nuissance of this junk mail. I have always thought that the participating companies(spammers) have us because opting out of each individual catalog is the only choice we have. Unfortunately that is impossible. Ill certainly spread the word about the website.

by the way, Do you have an outside blog that I can add to my Blogroll ?

Thanks and look forward to reading your thoughts on the world of real estate.

06/11/2008 01:56 AM

by James Wexler, Scottsdale AZ Luxury Homes (Coldwell Banker) (wexzilla.com)

What irks me the most about the catalogs is they keep coming long after I ever ordered anything. And then I start getting copies with covers that state this will be the last catalog we send you if you don't place an order. I don't place and order and the catalog keeps coming with the same cover warning me it is the last chance.

At least the church youth group benefits from the recylcing.

06/11/2008 07:47 PM

by JoEllen Stranger-Thorsen, Lake County, FL (Catherine Hanson Real Estate, Inc.)

James. Thanks for commenting. I do not have an outside blog. I don't have enough time for this one. I have put all my eggs in the AR basket. I hope I made the right choice.

06/11/2008 10:10 PM

by Tigard Oregon Real Estate >> Wayne B. Pruner, GRI (Oregon First)

Hi Wayne... aside from the environmantal issues, waste of paper, etc. with catalogs, I prefer to catalog shop online. It's convenient, always up to date and I can find so many more interesting choices. Have a great weekend...

06/13/2008 11:07 PM

by The Blog Artist - marti garaughty (The Art Of Marketing You)

Wayne! You are so right. Everytime I open my mailbox and an avalanche of mail comes falling out, I think about the same thing. Why all the catalogues. Most I have never even ordered from. It is so frustrating and wasteful. :o(

06/29/2008 11:05 PM

by Cristal Drake - Fullerton Area Realtor (Re/Max North Orange County)

Great information and thanks for the tip! It also gives me another topic for a newsletter to use with my clients (since everyone is ALL about GOING GREEN these days)!

07/04/2008 06:57 PM

by Michael Klijanowicz - Relocation Specialist - Baltimore & Harford County (Baltimore & Harford County Maryland - Long and Foster )

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