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Quick Tip: Opt Out of Yellow Pages, Catalogs, Junk Mail & mo’!

It’s fall! What a better time to re-check your junk mail and minimize where you can. With iPhones, Blackberries, Facebook & the internet everywhere, it’s too easy to find people or businesses, and shop online.  Do you really need phone books, credit card offers and glossy printed catalogs dropped off at your front door? Save the 1000’s of pages used for each dinosaur-era book:

Happy opt-outing!

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Julie Hancher

Julie Hancher is Editor-in-Chief of Green Philly, sharing her expertise of all things sustainable in the city of brotherly love. She enjoys long walks in the park with local beer and greening her travels, cooking & cat, Sir Floofus Drake.

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