Comments on: Keep Junk Mail Out With Red Dot http://vangogreen.com/2008/01/25/keep-junk-mail-out-with-red-dot/ Live.Greener Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:28:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: bringdahl http://vangogreen.com/2008/01/25/keep-junk-mail-out-with-red-dot/#comment-6 bringdahl Sun, 27 Jan 2008 07:21:17 +0000 http://vangogreen.com/?p=104#comment-6 Hi Guys! Beth Ringdahl here instigator of the Red Dot Campaign. Thanks for the coverage of our campaign. Just an update as we get more info from Canada Post. The official process is to leave a signed note -- We will have the additional pdf posted shortly. This preferred process ensures you get marked in the "Consumer Choice" option for Canada Post. Advertisers check these numbers when estimating print quantities so its important we "register" correctly so we can reduce paper -- our ultimate goal. My understanding is that the process may vary according to your letter carrier... Use the letter text below if you like: leave the letter in your box clearly marked for your postal carrier. I get the feeling this is pushing the envelope a bit - so if it doesn't work within a couple weeks, post your findings here and let's help keep this moving! ----------------------------- To My Postal Carrier: Please deliver this letter to the Canada Post Consumers Choice Program. Thank you! ------ Dear Canada Post Consumers Choice Program: I have joined the Red Dot Campaign in an effort to reduce unwanted mail. Please remove me from all unaddressed mail distribution. This letter, combined with the red dot on my mailbox, expresses my wish to stop receiving unaddressed flyers and mail. I understand that it may take a couple of weeks before the database is adjusted and the junk mail stops. I also understand that Canada Post will still deliver some unaddressed items, such as community newspapers and letters from the House of Commons, provincial and municipal electoral offices and Elections Canada. And I realize that some unaddressed mail comes from distributors other than Canada Post, so I may still receive mail from these other services. Thank you, Canada Post, for making this option available, and for giving us the choice to reduce our paper consumption! Name: ______________________________________ Street: ______________________________________ Province: ___________ Postal Code: ____________ Signed: ______________________________________ Hi Guys! Beth Ringdahl here instigator of the Red Dot Campaign. Thanks for the coverage of our campaign.
Just an update as we get more info from Canada Post. The official process is to leave a signed note — We will have the additional pdf posted shortly. This preferred process ensures you get marked in the “Consumer Choice” option for Canada Post. Advertisers check these numbers when estimating print quantities so its important we “register” correctly so we can reduce paper — our ultimate goal. My understanding is that the process may vary according to your letter carrier…

Use the letter text below if you like: leave the letter in your box clearly marked for your postal carrier. I get the feeling this is pushing the envelope a bit – so if it doesn’t work within a couple weeks, post your findings here and let’s help keep this moving!
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To My Postal Carrier:
Please deliver this letter to the Canada Post Consumers Choice Program.
Thank you!
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Dear Canada Post Consumers Choice Program:
I have joined the Red Dot Campaign in an effort to reduce unwanted mail.
Please remove me from all unaddressed mail distribution.
This letter, combined with the red dot on my mailbox, expresses my wish to stop receiving unaddressed flyers and mail. I understand that it may take a couple of weeks before the database is adjusted and the junk mail stops.
I also understand that Canada Post will still deliver some unaddressed items, such as community newspapers and letters from the House of Commons, provincial and municipal electoral offices and Elections Canada. And I realize that some unaddressed mail comes from distributors other than Canada Post, so I may still receive mail from these other services.

Thank you, Canada Post, for making this option available, and for giving us the choice to reduce our paper consumption!

Name: ______________________________________

Street: ______________________________________

Province: ___________ Postal Code: ____________

Signed: ______________________________________

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