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1992-08-28
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GRAPEVINE, Page 29First-Class Advice
By DAVID ELLIS/Reported by Sidney Urquhart
Direct-mail advertisers are worried about the sudden desire
among consumers to cut down on junk mail. More than 1 million
people, an elevenfold increase over last summer, have signed
up for the post office's preference service, which eliminates
many third-class and sales mailings. The Direct Marketing
Association blames the backlash on the 1989 book 50 Simple
Things You Can Do to Save the Earth. The best seller's No. 1
recommendation: get rid of unnecessary mail. "If only 100,000
people stopped their junk mail," the book claims, "we could
save about 150,000 trees every year."