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Press Releases
SEATTLE PASSES ‘DO NOT MAIL’ JUNK MAIL RESOLUTION
January 25th, 2010
Seattle Calls On Washington State To Give Citizens Choice Over Junk Mail
FedEx Office & Office Depot Earn Top Marks on Paper; Amazon.com & PaperlinX Receive F’s in 3rd Annual Green Grades Report Card
August 26th, 2009
Companies active in the multi-billion dollar office supply sector got their Green Grades report cards today.

Do Not Mail in the Media
Huffington Post -- Subsidizing Junk Mail in the Great Recession
by Todd Pagliahttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/todd-paglia/subsidizing-junk-mail-in_b_442132.html
January 29th, 2010
If you think receiving your daily dose of junk mail just kills trees, clogs landfills, exacerbates climate change, is an invitation to identity theft, and is incredibly annoying, well, it actually gets worse: you are also paying for the privilege of receiving it.
The Stranger -- Get the F### on This
by Eli Sandershttp://www.thestranger.com/seattle/get-the-fuck-on-this/Content?oid=3304534
January 26th, 2010
According to the nonprofit group ForestEthics, which pushed the measure, the American junk-mail business involves turning 100 million trees into 100 billion pieces of annoying solicitation each year.
My Northwest -- Seattle City Council wants a 'do-not-mail' registry
by Chris Sullivanhttp://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=275788
January 26th, 2010
The city of Seattle is taking a symbolic stand against junk mail.