Article: Junk mail deliverer sues af ter letterbox 'bites' her; Joy Goodman: Claims fingertip was severed.

Article: COLUMN: Junk mail isn't only a burden for you
University Wire;  January 22, 2007 ;     533 words ......sorting through the massive amount of junk mail only to find one or two items of pertinent...filling up your trash bins every day. Junk mail is undoubtedly annoying, but also bears...are lucky enough to have ways to stop junk mail, saving trees and patience. The creation...

Article: How you can stem the junk mail tide
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  October 30, 2006 ;     555 words ......s doormats are littered with tons of junk mail each day - and the problem is set to...it's not only the annoyance of receiving junk mail; there is also an environmental cost...Government Association, 78,000 tonnes of junk mail were sent to landfill last year. But...

Article: Tide of junk mail on the rise; Messages getting through-study
The Press;  August 26, 2006 ;     492 words ...Noticed your letterbox groaning with junk mail lately? It is not just your imagination...mayhem. Christchurch is in the grips of a junk mail bonanza, with more companies bombarding...would not go as far as putting up a "no junk mail" sign on her box. "You get the specials...

Article: Man sued by woman injured delivering junk mail
Yorkshire Post;  February 22, 2008 ;     372 words ......letterbox while delivering unwanted junk mail. Cake decorator Joy Goodman is seeking...earnings, claiming the top of her right index finger was severed, meaning she can...on to my property uninvited, to put junk mail through my door that I didn't want...your letterbox snapped back ...

Article: Stop junk mail and save the planet; The Internet hasn't slowed down the tree killers, but you can use it to keep catalogs and credit card applications at bay.
Chicago Sun-Times;  December 23, 2007 ;     700+ words ......around the Internet, good old-fashioned junk mail, the kind that clogs your home's mailbox...gas emissions from the production of junk mail are equal to those of 3.5 million cars. Beyond that, each year junk mail production in the U.S. consumes more...

Article: No plans for junk mail bylaws here
The Nelson Mail;  October 18, 2006 ;     218 words ......be following Auckland's hard line on junk mail control. The Auckland City Council this...advertising material in letterboxes marked "No junk mail'' a punishable offence, with fines of...restricts the distributor from placing junk mail in letterboxes that are already full...

Article: JUNK-MAIL NUISANCE TOUGH TO STAMP OUT
Sun Publications (IL);  July 28, 1999 ;     577 words ......Instead, each day brings a new barrage of junk mail to my mailbox. It leads me to wonder why junk mail never seems to get lost in the mail. Heaven...You know what this means, don't you? More junk mail. If the salespeople can't get to you by...

Article: How to reduce junk mail
Oakland Tribune;  September 12, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Junk mail can clutter the mailboxes of the rich...open their mailboxes. In addition, some junk mail, such as pre- approved credit card offers...door to identity theft. But the deluge of junk mail can be controlled by contacting the marketers...

Article: Milford opts to recycle junk mail
New Haven Register;  February 21, 2006 ;     277 words ...Junk mail is getting a new life in Milford: residents...that allows municipalities to recycle junk mail, and Mayor James L. Richetelli Jr. said...plastics and newspapers. Now, properly bagged junk mail also will be picked up curbside by the...

Article: Letter: Your view - Junk mail is such a waste; Comment OF THE DAY.(Letters)
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  December 22, 2007 ;     117 words ......strongly about the ridiculous amount of junk mail we receive every single day. As if getting junk mail through the post wasn't bad enough, we...average household receives 560 pieces of junk mail a year and almost all of it will make...

Article: Qld: Junk mail is just legalised littering, council says
AAP General News (Australia);  October 13, 2008 ;     382 words ...Qld: Junk mail is just legalised littering, council...Queensland mayor has declared war on junk mail, likening it to legalised littering and...distributors of catalogue advertising who leave junk mail on footpaths, front lawns, in parks and...

Article: Bulk of junk mail amazes woman
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  January 28, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Bulk of junk mail amazes woman A year later she has collected...something, she does it. Case in point: The junk-mail project. Now, Mary's a kind soul. She...old was fed up. Fed up with all the junk mail she and her husband, Ray, were getting...

Article: Fury over junk mail cash bid.(News)
The Mirror (London, England);  February 22, 2008 ;     118 words ......woman who trapped her hand in his letterbox while delivering junk mail. Joy Goodman claims she can no longer do her job as a cake decorator after the top of her right index finger was severed. Angry dad-of-two Paul O'Brien, who was...believe someone who came on to my property uninvited to put ...

Article: Advice helps to avoid junk mail ; Last year residents of the South West received an estimated 331million items of junk mail.
Express & Echo (Exeter UK);  May 28, 2008 ;     202 words ......received an estimated 331million items of junk mail. It is also estimated that an additional 4.5 million pieces of junk mail were sent to dead people in the region...for householders to better control junk mail include: Registering with a junk mail...