Comments on: 11 Ways to Easily Opt-Out of Wasteful Stuff and Happily Green Your Life http://parkhowell.com/green-advertising-and-marketing/10-ways-to-easily-opt-out-of-wasteful-stuff-and-happily-green-your-life Green marketing, sustainability, and how to tell better brand stories Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:24:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mail Forwarding For Business http://parkhowell.com/green-advertising-and-marketing/10-ways-to-easily-opt-out-of-wasteful-stuff-and-happily-green-your-life/comment-page-1#comment-3932 Mail Forwarding For Business Mon, 23 May 2011 18:55:49 +0000 http://parkhowell.com/?p=1800#comment-3932 There are many ways on how to go green, paperless and clean. <a href="http://www.myadmin.asia/" rel="nofollow">MyAdmin</a> will help you go paperless and make our planet a better place to be. There are many ways on how to go green, paperless and clean. MyAdmin will help you go paperless and make our planet a better place to be.

]]> By: Cameron Powell http://parkhowell.com/green-advertising-and-marketing/10-ways-to-easily-opt-out-of-wasteful-stuff-and-happily-green-your-life/comment-page-1#comment-473 Cameron Powell Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:58:06 +0000 http://parkhowell.com/?p=1800#comment-473 Fantastic list! I'd actually like to pass on these ideas to our own customers at Earth Class Mail. Mailing list removal services like CatalogChoice.com and Tonic Mailstopper (formerly GreenDimes, fyi) are useful in addressing one link in the chain that is (1) unwanted (2) resource-intensive, paper-based (3) advertising that requires (4) significant transportation and (5) recycling. The list-removal services aim to nip in the bud the creation and mailing of ad mail we get from advertisers that we're not interested in. What we do at Earth Class Mail is provide 23 alternative U.S. addresses (and our partners at Swiss Post, or www.swisspostbox.com, another dozen in Europe) at which people may receive mail. When mail arrives, we scan the sealed envelope in full color, on both sides, and send you an email to show you what you have. You can then choose to shred, recycle (environmentally better than shredding), ship, securely open and scan, pick up, and so on. Thus, we reduce the cost to the environment of delivering either (1) mail you don't want (even the list-removal services don't stop everything, and some are reported, via their opt-in features, to actually *increase*) or (2) mail you do want -- but don't need in paper form. In short, Internet-powered postal mail adds two key benefits that aren't addressed by our colleagues in the business of reducing mail's impact on the environment: 1. When mail must be or is sent, our service reduces the amount of transportation involved. With neither last-mile residential delivery or a trip by the customer to a post office, either the U.S. Postal Service or the recipient simply flies and drives less. 2. When mail must be or is sent, our service increases recycling from the EPA's average, for mail, of 22%, to around 90%. That's worth shouting about! I hope your readers will consider it. Customers in 176 countries already love the convenience, or getting mail on their iPhones, or simply having a U.S. business address separate from their home. But the environment is a key motivator of many of our customers. Cameron Powell SVP Strategic Development Earth Class Mail Corp. Fantastic list! I’d actually like to pass on these ideas to our own customers at Earth Class Mail.

Mailing list removal services like CatalogChoice.com and Tonic Mailstopper (formerly GreenDimes, fyi) are useful in addressing one link in the chain that is (1) unwanted (2) resource-intensive, paper-based (3) advertising that requires (4) significant transportation and (5) recycling. The list-removal services aim to nip in the bud the creation and mailing of ad mail we get from advertisers that we’re not interested in.

What we do at Earth Class Mail is provide 23 alternative U.S. addresses (and our partners at Swiss Post, or http://www.swisspostbox.com, another dozen in Europe) at which people may receive mail. When mail arrives, we scan the sealed envelope in full color, on both sides, and send you an email to show you what you have. You can then choose to shred, recycle (environmentally better than shredding), ship, securely open and scan, pick up, and so on.

Thus, we reduce the cost to the environment of delivering either (1) mail you don’t want (even the list-removal services don’t stop everything, and some are reported, via their opt-in features, to actually *increase*) or (2) mail you do want — but don’t need in paper form.

In short, Internet-powered postal mail adds two key benefits that aren’t addressed by our colleagues in the business of reducing mail’s impact on the environment:

1. When mail must be or is sent, our service reduces the amount of transportation involved. With neither last-mile residential delivery or a trip by the customer to a post office, either the U.S. Postal Service or the recipient simply flies and drives less.

2. When mail must be or is sent, our service increases recycling from the EPA’s average, for mail, of 22%, to around 90%.

That’s worth shouting about! I hope your readers will consider it. Customers in 176 countries already love the convenience, or getting mail on their iPhones, or simply having a U.S. business address separate from their home. But the environment is a key motivator of many of our customers.

Cameron Powell
SVP Strategic Development
Earth Class Mail Corp.

]]> By: Sandra http://parkhowell.com/green-advertising-and-marketing/10-ways-to-easily-opt-out-of-wasteful-stuff-and-happily-green-your-life/comment-page-1#comment-168 Sandra Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:52:51 +0000 http://parkhowell.com/?p=1800#comment-168 Park, this is great. Thanks! Park, this is great. Thanks!

]]> By: ecoScott http://parkhowell.com/green-advertising-and-marketing/10-ways-to-easily-opt-out-of-wasteful-stuff-and-happily-green-your-life/comment-page-1#comment-167 ecoScott Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:09:16 +0000 http://parkhowell.com/?p=1800#comment-167 Great list, Park. GreenDimes is a cool site- amazing how we have to opt-OUT of junk mail rather than opt-IN. Great list, Park. GreenDimes is a cool site- amazing how we have to opt-OUT of junk mail rather than opt-IN.

]]> By: Nancy Nemes http://parkhowell.com/green-advertising-and-marketing/10-ways-to-easily-opt-out-of-wasteful-stuff-and-happily-green-your-life/comment-page-1#comment-144 Nancy Nemes Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:06:02 +0000 http://parkhowell.com/?p=1800#comment-144 Excellent article, need to propagate everythere :-) Excellent article, need to propagate everythere :-)

]]> By: Park http://parkhowell.com/green-advertising-and-marketing/10-ways-to-easily-opt-out-of-wasteful-stuff-and-happily-green-your-life/comment-page-1#comment-139 Park Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:45:28 +0000 http://parkhowell.com/?p=1800#comment-139 Thanks Calimama. Your are absolutely right. CatalogChoice.org is a great one for opting out of catalogs. I've already updated the post. Thank you for taking the time to let me know. Thanks Calimama. Your are absolutely right. CatalogChoice.org is a great one for opting out of catalogs. I’ve already updated the post. Thank you for taking the time to let me know.

]]> By: calimama http://parkhowell.com/green-advertising-and-marketing/10-ways-to-easily-opt-out-of-wasteful-stuff-and-happily-green-your-life/comment-page-1#comment-138 calimama Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:47:14 +0000 http://parkhowell.com/?p=1800#comment-138 A great list, many of which I'm excited to check out. You did miss one that I use regularly though - www.catalogchoice.org to opt out of catalogs. A great list, many of which I’m excited to check out. You did miss one that I use regularly though – http://www.catalogchoice.org to opt out of catalogs.

]]> By: Larry Cummings http://parkhowell.com/green-advertising-and-marketing/10-ways-to-easily-opt-out-of-wasteful-stuff-and-happily-green-your-life/comment-page-1#comment-137 Larry Cummings Mon, 09 Feb 2009 05:57:06 +0000 http://parkhowell.com/?p=1800#comment-137 Thanks for mentioning us! Thanks for mentioning us!

]]> By: Miss Brittani http://parkhowell.com/green-advertising-and-marketing/10-ways-to-easily-opt-out-of-wasteful-stuff-and-happily-green-your-life/comment-page-1#comment-131 Miss Brittani Sat, 07 Feb 2009 16:37:34 +0000 http://parkhowell.com/?p=1800#comment-131 Great resource and you make it sound fun! I make all of my own household products and toiletries it's all natural and homemade, very green way to live! Great resource and you make it sound fun! I make all of my own household products and toiletries it’s all natural and homemade, very green way to live!

]]> By: Park http://parkhowell.com/green-advertising-and-marketing/10-ways-to-easily-opt-out-of-wasteful-stuff-and-happily-green-your-life/comment-page-1#comment-127 Park Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:16:45 +0000 http://parkhowell.com/?p=1800#comment-127 Thank you, Adam. I appreciate it. Thank you, Adam. I appreciate it.

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