Articles tagged “Junk Mail”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

Green Beret: Discover Eco Art By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jul 1 2008 Several creative Angelinos who transform landfill-bound billboards into stunning metro art shared their artistic ethos with G Word recently.The modern day version includes powdered purified casein (a milk protein), lime and pigments, not far from the original recipe-old curdled milk or cottage cheese, lime and color... + READ MORE

Green Beret: Discover Eco Art By Leslie Billera IN Work & Connect Jun 9 2008 Several creative Angelinos who transform landfill-bound billboards into stunning metro art shared their artistic ethos with G-Word recently. They're a part of a growing community of 'green' artists who use nature-based or recycled media to depict our relationship with planet earth. + READ MORE

Sign the Petition to Stop Junk Mail By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Mar 11 2008 Five years after the establishment of the historic national Do Not Call registry, ForestEthics champions consumer rights by launching its own Do Not Mail campaign to stem the tide of junk mail. U.S. junk mail currently accounts for 30 percent of the mail delivered in the world, according to ForestEthics, although 44... + READ MORE

Stop Junk Mail Before It Starts By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Feb 21 2008 The best way to stay off marketing lists?Signing up for in-store rewards cards: You may think you're on your way to getting better shopping deals, but any information you submit may be sold to data brokers and end up in the hands of dozens of other marketers.To test out which of your activities leads to junk mail,... + READ MORE

Bounce Back a Former Tenant's Mail By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Feb 20 2008 If letters addressed to the former occupants of your house or apartment continue to zip past your mail slot, the hive mind at Ask MetaFilter has a solution that couldn't be easier: If it's first class or "address correction requested mail", write "Return to Sender: Moved, Left no Address" on the envelope, cross out the... + READ MORE

Stop Junk Mail with ProQuo By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Feb 19 2008 Here's another weapon for your junk-mail-elimination arsenal: ProQuo, a free online service that allows you to remove yourself from the most-commonly used marketing lists, including coupons and weekly circulars, data brokers, telemarketing lists, and other directories. The company makes money from any catalogs or... + READ MORE

Pay Your Bills Online to Save Time, Stamps, Paper By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Jan 29 2008 If the above scene looks familiar to you at the end of each month, consider cutting paper and stamps out of the equation altogether and paying your bills online. As with cutting down on junk mail, cutting back on paper bills cuts back on clutter, and, perhaps most importantly, paper required to print your bills.You can + READ MORE

Green Delights of Junk Mail Gift Wrap: Wow your friends (and Planet Green, too!) By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Dec 21 2007 This is the fifth of five green tips where we look at ways to transform "useless" junk mail into stylish and free gift wrap.(And if it looks so good we can hardly believe it's made from junk mail, please tell us what advertisement or flyer it came from.)We'd love to hear your friend's and family's reactions to your... + READ MORE

Green Delights of Junk Mail Gift Wrap: Find Free Gift Wrap for All Occasions By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Dec 20 2007 This is the fourth of five green tips where we look at ways to transform "useless" junk mail into stylish and free gift wrap.That's 9,000 people who are-whether they realize it or not-helping to make the world a little greener by reusing junk mail. + READ MORE

Green Delights of Junk Mail Gift Wrap: Go Wild with Ribbons By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Dec 19 2007 This is the third of five green tips where we look at ways to transform "useless" junk mail into stylish and free gift wrap.To make the curled ribbon below, rip or cut it into strips, and then curl each strip with a straight edge, like a ruler or scissor edge. + READ MORE

Green Delights of Junk Mail Gift Wrap: Look for Visually Striking Images By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Dec 18 2007 This is the second of five green tips where we look at ways to transform "useless" junk mail into stylish and free gift wrap.Another trick is to cover the message with ribbons (a subversive technique not sanctioned by ad types).The bottom line on reusing junk mail is that you can do it in so many creative ways. + READ MORE

Green Delights of Junk Mail Gift Wrap: Spot the Holiday Symbols By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Dec 17 2007 Does junk mail make you see red?All of the gift-wrapped images featured here, and on the next four days, were made from actual junk mail our family received recently. + READ MORE

Recycle Used Magazines, Catalogs into Holiday Ornaments By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Dec 6 2007 If you have hyperactive cats (or children) who like to dash your Christmas ornaments to the ground with one well-aimed swipe, these unbreakable paper ornaments may be just what you need to gussy up the Ol' Tannenbaum. + READ MORE