COEJL ACTION ALERT:

Break the Paper Chain
(02/20/03)

Today we ask you to take action not in Washington or in your state capital, but in your own mailbox. American catalog companies sent out nearly 17 billion catalogs last year, or 59 for every man, woman and child in the nation. To produce these catalogs, the industry used 3.6 million tons of paper. Manufacturing this much paper consumes large amounts of wood, energy and water, and generates significant air and water pollution and solid waste. You can save trees, help reduce energy consumption and pollution, and send a message to wasteful companies by removing your name from catalog mailing lists. For more information about getting off mailing lists, go to Direct Marketing Association's (DMA) Mail Preference Service (MPS) page, or click here for DMA's MPS online removal form.

Background information on catalog companies' environmental records.