Plans to reduce junk mail announced

31st October 2011

Householders will have more control to stop the unwanted advertising mail that drops through their letter boxes each year, Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman has announced. 

A new free-to-use website is being set-up as part of a joint Defra and direct marketing industry deal so householders can opt-out of receiving all types of advertising mail, often referred to as ‘junk mail’. This replaces the current out-dated system, where households have to register on three separate websites or apply by post to stop the different types of unwanted direct mail from being delivered.

Read the complete article published by, letsrecycle.com, 31 October 2011