The Southeastern Chester County Refuse Authority (SECCRA), a longtime provider of recycling services in the region is proud to announce the availability of a "Junk Mail Reduction Kit" for the residents of its service area. One of SECCRA's major objectives is to provide a regional waste management approach to municipal solid waste issues in southern Chester County. Waste reduction is part of this approach.

The three segments of the familiar recycling trangle signify the three R's: reduce, reuse and recycle. Almost everyone receives a lot of junk mail. In fact, the average person receives approximately 70-90 pounds of unsolicited junk mail annually. Reducing the amount of junk mail generated has far-reaching benefits to the community, and contributes to effective solid waste management.

The "Junk Mail Reduction Kit" is a postcard sized, foldout brochure which includes tear-off postcards that residents can fill out to take their names off the mailing lists of the nation's four largest direct mail advertisers. It also provides the toll-free phone numbers to stop five of the biggest data-compiling companies from selling their names and addresses to marketers.

To receive a "Junk Mail Reduction Kit," contact the SECCRA office at 610-869-2452, and one will be mailed out.  Or...order one below.

SECCRA will continue to accept junk mail as part of its continuing recycling drop-off center program.

Fill in the form below to order one of our kits, or save a few trees and do it online through the following mailing list operators:  

• Advo (Valassis)
• Valpak (Cox Target Media)
• Direct Mail Association
• Abacus Direct Email Only
• Acxiom U.S.
• Publishers Clearinghouse Email Only

Also check out Catalog Choice, who helps you eliminate unwanted catalogs you receive in the mail as well as Opt-Out Prescreen, which is a centralized service to accept and process requests from consumers to "Opt-In" or “Opt-Out” of offers of credit or insurance.