Home Eco News Eco News / Issue 79 Nov 2010 Keep Australia Beautiful & Eco Voice welcomes more exposure for the 'No Junk Mail' initiative
Keep Australia Beautiful & Eco Voice welcomes more exposure for the 'No Junk Mail' initiative

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no-junk-mailHave you seen our Community Service Announcement on your local TV station?

People have been dropping us a line letting us know that they have seen our Community Service Announcement on their local TV stations. This exposure is helping us to get more stickers on letterboxes and reducing more and more unwanted Junk Mail. So thank you to the TV stations and to the individuals and groups who have supported and/or joined the initiative last month.

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Does your retail business produce a printed or online catalogue as part of your marketing mix?

Keep Australia Beautiful & Eco Voice are encouraging people to reduce waste & litter in the community by asking people to say 'No to Junk Mail' and to read their catalogues online. Already a number of schools / community groups / sporting clubs have come on board promoting the Keep Australia Beautiful / Eco Voice initiative.

For people who would prefer not to receive unsolicited mail in their letterbox EcoVoice has created a ‘No Junk Mail’ sticker.  50c from each $1 sale is donated to Keep Australia Beautiful. You can read catalogues online at Eco Voice or go direct to the relevant company or retailer website.

Here is the opportunity for your retail business......

Simply send your latest catalaogue (saved as a PDF, maximum 40 pages) to Eco Voice and we will upload it to Eco Voice for a small monthly fee.

This is a very cost effective and environmentally friendly way to get your message out to a large audience. (over 25,000 subscribers + Internet + TV exposure).

This month we welcome the Sleepy's Mattresses catalogue: www.ecovoice.com.au

Please send your catalogue to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Keep Australia Beautiful's partnership with Eco Voice to encourage all Australians to read their catalogues online to reduce waste & litter continues to grow.

Join these progressive groups who are already supporting Keep Australia Beautiful & Eco Voice to encourage people to say "NO TO JUNK MAIL":

  • Ballina Climate Action Network
  • Cloverdale Community Centre
  • Greenwood Primary School
  • Workright Centre for Entrepreneurship
  • University of Canberra
  • Engineers Without Borders Uganda Trip
  • Institute for Sustainable Futures
  • Canterbury Council
  • Fauna Rescue
  • Crossroads Community Garden
  • Animalia Wildlife Shelter Inc.
  • Mind Australia - GPHaM's Program
  • Melton Shire Council
  • Benowna State High
  • Nudgee Beach EEC
  • Community Action for Sustainability Inc
  • Tallarook Playgroup
  • Ashwood Children's Centre
  • Longbeach Petanque Club
  • Ashburton Women's Soccer Club
  • Merrimu Services Inc.
  • Grange School
  • Carrum Downs Primary School
  • East Victoria Park Early Learning Centre
  • Green Renters
  • St Francis Xavier's College Villa Maria
  • Holy Spirit School
  • Rossbourne School
  • Casama Group
  • Ballam Park Primary School
  • Earth Link
  • All Hallows' School
  • Trinity Anglican School
  • Climate Change Australia, Hastings
  • Uniting Productions
  • Toowoomba Community Housing Inc.
  • Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council
  • Toronto Chamber of Commerce & Industry Inc.
  • Green Keepers
  • St Michael's Collegiate
  • Tangaroa Blue Ocean Care Society
  • Glenorchy Cub Scouts
  • Casuarina Senior College
  • HelpfulApp
  • Wimmera Native Nursery
  • Social Housing Victoria

Keep Australia Beautiful need a lot more supporters........so please get involved today!

Every No Junk Mail sticker has the potential of reducing senseless waste & litter!

There are around 8,000,000,000 (8 billion) paper catalogues delivered around Australia each year for around 23 million people. That is a lot of printed paper. To produce these catalogues just stop and think of:

  • the number of trees used to produce the paper
  • the amount of water used
  • the fuel & energy required for production and distribution
  • the chemicals used in the printing process
  • the CO2 that is released into the atmosphere
  • the amount of paper rubbish that ends up in landfill

It is time to reduce this senseless waste and say "No to Junk Mail" - read your favourite catalogues online at Eco Voice.

The Challenge

Keep Australia Beautiful needs help to get "No Junk Mail - I read my Catalogues Online at Eco Voice" stickers on as many letterboxes across Australia as possible.

Bundles of stickers are available for schools, community groups & sporting clubs to use as fundraisers to spread the word and make revenue for your other sustainability programs.

So get involved today and you will be helping the environment by:

  • reducing the junk mail litter that ends up on our streets
  • saving water and paper used in printing the catalogues
raising funds for your school or group eco project and helping Keep Australia Beautiful
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Comments  

 
+1 #1 2010-11-03 05:02
So where can I get a sticker for my letterbox?
 
 
+1 #2 2010-11-03 05:24
If we all used ecocern 100% post-consumer copy paper made from local low grade scrap paper we would not have to worry about forrest distruction or junk mail as it can be perpetually recycled. Ecocern is looking for investoes to build an organically brokern down paper mill that can accept any fibreous waste.
See: ecocern.com
 
 
-5 #3 2010-11-08 02:15
Have you thought about the number of people whose jobs depend on junk mail delivery: Graphic artists, printers, paper manufacturers, transport drivers, office staff, and deliverers. Maybe we should all just collect Centrelink benefits instead of earning an honest living. What about the low income earners that wait for thier catalogues so they can compare prices before they shop - not everyone has a computer or the internet. And the elderly who look forward to the weekly chat with the junk mail dleiverer. What about the school students and pensioners who rely on the income from delivering junk mail? To many it makes a big difference as well as being a healthy way to earn money. ie the walking is good for the heart and to lose weight.
Most catalogues are made form recycled paper these days and catalogues form an important part of making cardboard so your goods can come in boxes. Go to the DSB wewbsite at www.catalogue.asn.au for more information.
 
 
+2 #4 2010-11-08 08:34
Where do I get further info/stickers for my school?
 
 
0 #5 2010-11-08 10:19
No Junk Mail stickers may be ordered from one of the participating schools, community groups or sporting clubs or if you wish to order for your school, community group or sporting club please visit www.ecovoice.com.au for details.
 
 
0 #6 2010-11-12 23:55
I am so sick of going to my letterbox and see it filled up ( and it is a big letterbox too) of shopping catalogues and other junkmail. I want my sticker
 
 
0 #7 2010-11-13 00:07
Junk Mail is only a recent marketing ploy, that has gotten worse over the last 20 years, I am well aware of the perception that others rely on it for work but I do believe that is a generalisation, society survived for many years without junk mail.
 
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