[Bernie]

Did you ever think about the logic behind a recycle bin at the Post Office centers?
Cut down a tree, haul it to the papermill, ship the paper to the printing press, delivery the magazine 1500 miles across the country, stuff it in your mail box, pull it out and throw it in the recycle bin, and start all over? BTW I can't mail a 1/10th of the weight at the same price. I think I'm actually helping fund the insanity.

Below is a site that works. We eliminated more than 30 junk magazines a month.


http://www.catalogchoice.org/

If you have any other suggestions to reduce waste I'm interested.

Originally Posted by Bernie

Did you ever think about the logic behind a recycle bin at the Post Office centers?
Cut down a tree, haul it to the papermill, ship the paper to the printing press, delivery the magazine 1500 miles across the country, stuff it in your mail box, pull it out and throw it in the recycle bin, and start all over? BTW I can't mail a 1/10th of the weight at the same price. I think I'm actually helping fund the insanity.

Below is a site that works. We eliminated more than 30 junk magazines a month.


http://www.catalogchoice.org/

If you have any other suggestions to reduce waste I'm interested.

Well, you would not have to walk very far to get rid of the junk magazines if the Villages postal centers had recycling bins.

There's a newspaper recycling bin at the Jewish Temple which is just north of Doggie Doo Run Run on CR101.

Think there is even a golf cart path to the Jewish Temple from the Villages neighborhood to the east of the Jewish Temple on CR101.

[chuckinca]

Just put out the garbage - in CA

One large bin for Paper & Plastics

An even larger bin for greens (grass & landscape trimmings) and food scraps (from the small bucket furnished by the greens removal company for the kitchen)

smallest bin for garbage (usually only half full)


Hard to retrain ourselves to not separate things when in TV.

[gemorc]

I have been told that there is also a paper recycling bin at St. Timothy's.

[Bernie]

Having recently moved we are now recieving approximately 15 unwanted magazines a week addressed to the former resident. The magazines are literally clogging our mailbox. I'm in the process of eliminating the source by using the website below. Thought it may be worth reposting for any one else with a similiar problem.

http://www.catalogchoice.org/

[jtdraig]

A couple of things:

1. Newspaper bins are for newspaper recycling only..no magazines. There are usually signs that stipulate this. Magazines can go into the cans at the post or into weekly recycling bags.

2. A great big THANK YOU for posting the information on catalogs..I'll be hopping on that one today.

[golf2140]

Am I missing something. We have single stream recycling which is picked up once a week. Put all recyclable in one bag, put it outside your home and it's gone. Why the extra expense for bins?

[BogeyBoy]

At least you are recycling the advertisements, better than going to a landfill.

When those ads are mailed most companies expect a 1-3% response. A 5% response is great, usually only reached when sent to a very specific market. For example, if they did a mailing to TV for newly weds to buy 50 year term life insurance they would get a very poor response. But if Arnold Palmer did one saying he would meet with you personally and help you improve your golf game I am sure the response would be great.

Direct mail helps keep a lot of people employed. The postal service is in enough trouble, direct mail volume (along with other classes of mail) has dropped due to the economy. it's like the auto industry, when they slow down or stop making cars it's not just the auto workers who loose jobs. Same with direct mail, if it stops printers, distributors, ink manufacturers, marketing reps, etc. all loose jobs. The postal employee is kind of the last one in the row of dominos to go down.

[Pturner]

Originally Posted by BogeyBoy

At least you are recycling the advertisements, better than going to a landfill.

When those ads are mailed most companies expect a 1-3% response. A 5% response is great, usually only reached when sent to a very specific market. For example, if they did a mailing to TV for newly weds to buy 50 year term life insurance they would get a very poor response. But if Arnold Palmer did one saying he would meet with you personally and help you improve your golf game I am sure the response would be great.

Direct mail helps keep a lot of people employed. The postal service is in enough trouble, direct mail volume (along with other classes of mail) has dropped due to the economy. it's like the auto industry, when they slow down or stop making cars it's not just the auto workers who loose jobs. Same with direct mail, if it stops printers, distributors, ink manufacturers, marketing reps, etc. all loose jobs. The postal employee is kind of the last one in the row of dominos to go down.

In many magazines now, the advertisements are specifically targeted to the subscriber. In other words, my neighbor and I could both get a copy of Newsweek and it could have different ads in it.

[BogeyBoy]

Originally Posted by Pturner

In many magazines now, the advertisements are specifically targeted to the subscriber. In other words, my neighbor and I could both get a copy of Newsweek and it could have different ads in it.

Modern technology is amazing isn't it?

Of course you know they have records of what time you go to bed, walk your dog, play golf, take out the trash, talk to your neighbor, etc. Those satellites track everything. How else would they know you use Crest toothpaste, your dog eats Purina Dog Chow, you use Wilson golf balls, you drink Wild Turkey (empty bottles in the trash), and your neighbor wears red baseball caps. Pretty soon they won't market the stuff to you, they'll just send it and charge your credit card - oh yeah, they have that info as well.