NO JUNK MAIL sticker - nobody respects it - what is it for then?

molerat

p00hsticks said:

Ena123 said:

Thanks for all your replies folks. I thought it was a common sense to know what is a junk and what isn't, especially when it comes to unsolicited promotional materials without a name or address on it, for solely just promotional business, not an actual act of response like collection for charities or so.

See, that;s where the problem lies - peoples definitions of junk does vary considerably. Unlike you, I consider the vast majority of those charity collection bags little more than scams (read the small print to see how much - or rather how little - usually goes to the charity), and contributing to the waste plastic problem. Promotional flyers advertising businesses in the local area and the occasional take-away menu, however, do warrant at least a quick glance and are then easily disposed of with the paper recycling if of no use....

The bags come in very handy.  I have one hanging up and all my soft plastic goes in it to take to Tesco for recycling once a fortnight.  Also a useful size for laying in the boot when putting something dirty in and then into the soft plastics bag when done.

Torry_Quine

I got a letter this week addressed to the occupier. it wasn't junk mail though but telling me what I need to do for the Census so it's not as simple as people think. 

CurlySue2017

The menus and other things that come through one at a time simply go in the recycling bin in our house

But I do agree with the OP about the stuff that Royal Mail push through.  We get loads of this stuff, one is made to look like a newspaper but it's from a window company and then tucked inside that are always all kinds of other junk, leaflets etc, all delivered by the Royal Mail postman, unaddressed.

So, I save them up until I have a good pile and then go and put them all back in the post box at the end of the street.  They aren't mine, they aren't addressed to me, so Royal Mail can have them back and they can recycle them themselves.

jon81uk

CurlySue2017 said:

But I do agree with the OP about the stuff that Royal Mail push through.  We get loads of this stuff, one is made to look like a newspaper but it's from a window company and then tucked inside that are always all kinds of other junk, leaflets etc, all delivered by the Royal Mail postman, unaddressed.

So, I save them up until I have a good pile and then go and put them all back in the post box at the end of the street.  They aren't mine, they aren't addressed to me, so Royal Mail can have them back and they can recycle them themselves.

Why not just opt out if you don’t want the stuff from Royal Mail? Putting it back in the post box is just wasting yours and the someone else’s time sorting your litter back out from the genuine letters in the post box.

https://personal.help.royalmail.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/293/~/how-do-i-opt-out-of-receiving-any-leaflets-or-unaddressed-promotional-material%3F

Sandtree

They may not consider their mail junk... stickers main use is probably as a warning of the likely kind of person that lives in the house

Grumpy_chap

CurlySue2017 said:

So, I save them up until I have a good pile and then go and put them all back in the post box at the end of the street.  They aren't mine, they aren't addressed to me, so Royal Mail can have them back and they can recycle them themselves.

At that action, you are putting litter in the post box and increasing cost for us all - it would be far easier for you and everyone if you simply put said leaflets in the recycling collection (if you have one), paper bank or domestic waste collection.

CurlySue2017

jon81uk said:

CurlySue2017 said:

But I do agree with the OP about the stuff that Royal Mail push through.  We get loads of this stuff, one is made to look like a newspaper but it's from a window company and then tucked inside that are always all kinds of other junk, leaflets etc, all delivered by the Royal Mail postman, unaddressed.

So, I save them up until I have a good pile and then go and put them all back in the post box at the end of the street.  They aren't mine, they aren't addressed to me, so Royal Mail can have them back and they can recycle them themselves.

Why not just opt out if you don’t want the stuff from Royal Mail? Putting it back in the post box is just wasting yours and the someone else’s time sorting your litter back out from the genuine letters in the post box.

https://personal.help.royalmail.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/293/~/how-do-i-opt-out-of-receiving-any-leaflets-or-unaddressed-promotional-material%3F

It's no waste of my time, I walk past the post box every day so it makes no difference to me.  If they don't want their time wasting sorting through junk mail they shouldn't bombard households with it in the first place to make money.  No other company is allowed to do that. 

Grumpy_chap said:

CurlySue2017 said:

So, I save them up until I have a good pile and then go and put them all back in the post box at the end of the street.  They aren't mine, they aren't addressed to me, so Royal Mail can have them back and they can recycle them themselves.

At that action, you are putting litter in the post box and increasing cost for us all - it would be far easier for you and everyone if you simply put said leaflets in the recycling collection (if you have one), paper bank or domestic waste collection.

I'm returning unwanted items to the sender that's all.  If it is considered litter, they shouldn't be pushing it through my letterbox at all

The whole world is trying to reduce waste and who even takes any notice of leaflets anymore anyway?  I understand that the post persons have a duty to deliver the items, but this way of advertising is so outdated and needs to be changed

Grumpy_chap

CurlySue2017 said:

Grumpy_chap said:

CurlySue2017 said:

So, I save them up until I have a good pile and then go and put them all back in the post box at the end of the street.  They aren't mine, they aren't addressed to me, so Royal Mail can have them back and they can recycle them themselves.

At that action, you are putting litter in the post box and increasing cost for us all - it would be far easier for you and everyone if you simply put said leaflets in the recycling collection (if you have one), paper bank or domestic waste collection.

I'm returning unwanted items to the sender that's all.  If it is considered litter, they shouldn't be pushing it through my letterbox at all

Aah - OK.  So, on all these items, you are writing "not known at this address - please return to sender"?

CurlySue2017

Grumpy_chap said:

CurlySue2017 said:

Grumpy_chap said:

CurlySue2017 said:

So, I save them up until I have a good pile and then go and put them all back in the post box at the end of the street.  They aren't mine, they aren't addressed to me, so Royal Mail can have them back and they can recycle them themselves.

At that action, you are putting litter in the post box and increasing cost for us all - it would be far easier for you and everyone if you simply put said leaflets in the recycling collection (if you have one), paper bank or domestic waste collection.

I'm returning unwanted items to the sender that's all.  If it is considered litter, they shouldn't be pushing it through my letterbox at all

Aah - OK.  So, on all these items, you are writing "not known at this address - please return to sender"?

Nope, just dropping them back in the post box. After all, they aren't addressed at all, to anyone, are they? 

turnitround

CurlySue2017 said:

The menus and other things that come through one at a time simply go in the recycling bin in our house

But I do agree with the OP about the stuff that Royal Mail push through.  We get loads of this stuff, one is made to look like a newspaper but it's from a window company and then tucked inside that are always all kinds of other junk, leaflets etc, all delivered by the Royal Mail postman, unaddressed.

So, I save them up until I have a good pile and then go and put them all back in the post box at the end of the street.  They aren't mine, they aren't addressed to me, so Royal Mail can have them back and they can recycle them themselves.

Imagine the knock on cost for everyone if we all did that.  What you as junk mail which Royal Mail are dumping on you are actually 'Door to Door' items which Royal Mail are paid to deliver  to every house and they are legally obliged to do so. Unless you opt out which you don't want to do.  
Companies pay Royal Mail to deliver the leaflets to you, Royal Mail do not do it just to annoy you.

|I can tell you as an ex postie that no postie enjoys 'having' to go to every single house on his daily walk irrespective of whether he has any stamped mail for that address not do they enjoy sorting the D-D items (which is why you often get them folded inside each other as it would take so much time if they were collated at the front door), they are paid to deliver them, its part of the job and unless you want even higher stamp prices you should just accept the leaflets and put them in your own recycling bin. 

How hard an it be? Put them back in the post  boxes, really! Why make such a massive issue about something you can sort easily yourself.