Green Dimes Stop Junk Mail

GreenDimes is a service designed to rid your life of junk mail and unwanted catalogs. A membership is $20 a year and includes ongoing removal from dozens of junk mail lists for every person in your household (and past tenants or owners), elimination of unwanted paper catalogs through an online "catalog screener," monthly monitoring of your account and quarterly reports and 10 trees planted on your behalf. You can expect to see results in about three months. (Some mailers require that you submit your signature to get off their lists, so GreenDimes sends you a set of postcards to stamp, sign and send directly to those companies.) If you move, you can "refresh" your account for $10. GreenDimes also sells reusable grocery bags for $5 each. The service makes a great gift. Launched in 2006, GreenDimes has more than 200,000 members and estimates it has planted more than a million trees and stopped three million pounds of credit card offers, insurance offers, sweepstakes offers, coupon mailers and charitable solicitations. GreenDimes is available only for U.S. addresses.