Living Green and Saving Green...affordably: Your Mailbox Makeover

Continuing with my series on living green, this week's topic? Junk Mail.

If you haven't already, it's time to start recycling all that clutter. The flyers, the weekly grocery ads, the pre-approved credit card offers, the catalogs and magazines are all your local recycling centers favorite collectibles. Or shred (via a cross cut or diamond cut shredder, of course!) those unwanted papers and use them as packing material, compost, mulch, or as bedding for your pet hamster.

But don't stop there! Give your mailbox a total makeover by taking your actions one step further..all while saving the environment one tree at a time...opt-out and remove your name from those pesky mailing lists. Similar to those "Do Not Call" lists, you can request to have yourself removed from direct marketing databases for up to five years.

DirectMail.com

OptOutPrescreen

DMAChoice

Visit these sites and not only will you take a step to ward off identity theft, but you'll also see a different in your mailbox and the environment within a few weeks. And it won't even cost you a cent!