The onslaught of junk mail this Christmas has been stunning in its intensity.

The amount of paper is greater than what I can in good conscience shred and put into a worm farm.

The worms would get indigestion if they tried to eat their way through all these deals and offers!

So. I have decided: Enough is enough.

Time to take swift and decisive action to turn back to hordes of advertising memos, flyers, catalogues and booklets bombarding our letter box.

Perhaps this problem does not exist to any great extent in the USA, where the mail box is considered the domain of the Postal Service and any junk mail can be retrieved, weighed and billed/charged to the originating entity at commercial mail rates.

United States of America
The mailbox is the domain of the US Postal Service, granted by law. Therefore, no materials
other than properly stamped mail may be placed in the box. If flyers, pamphlets, etc. are
found in the box by the postal worker, they collect the pieces and return them to the
Postmaster. The items are then weighed and the firm responsible for their distribution is
charged accordingly. These rules are included in the Postal Service’s Domestic Mail Manual.

So, I need “No Junk Mail” or preferably, the more precisely worded, “No Advertising Material” stickers.

Where to get them?

I performed a quick Google search and came up with an address that Australians can write to for a free sticker.

The Distribution Standards Board (DSB) is the self-regulatory arm of the Australian Catalogue Association, whose members print and distribute around 90% of all unaddressed advertising catalogues.

The DSB members abide by a strict Code of Practice to maintain standards of privacy, litter control, cooperation with local authorities and compliance with all EPA guidelines.

DSB maintains a database of all known addresses that carry a restrictive sign on the letterbox, and provides free of charge a reflective No Advertising Material sticker, on receipt of a stamped addressed envelope to DSB Sticker PO Box 6252 Karingal Vic 3199.

The DSB provides a Hot Line for consumers to report illegal or irresponsible distribution practices.

Consumer Hotline Phone 1800 676 136

Too slow, I want to solve this now.

So, I have made my own printable page with the text “No Advertising Material” repeated twice, for two stickers.

Popping it through the laminating machine and cutting it up gives me two waterproof  signs ready to tape onto the top and front of our letter box. Photo to come later.

For now, you are welcome to download the Word and PDF versions of my simple Printable, so you can print and tape your own “No Advertising Material” sign onto your letter box.  Feel free to vary as required.

No Advertising Material Word doc

No Advertising Material PDF file

Let’s drink a toast to No More Junk!