Quote Originally Posted by Ducatista
Alternatively it would be more "green" to stop it arriving in the first place.
In order to do this

1) Sign up to MPS (mailing preferences service).
2) Opt out of Royal Mail "door-to-door".
3) Don't give out your details freely e.g. competitions.
4) Tick (or untick) the relevant privacy boxes when signing up to something on-line.
5) For the stragglers email them and ask them to unsubscribe you. Most companies will oblige.
6) Put false contact details in for insurance comparison sites etc. (false email and phone number)

I find I have very little junk mail.
That works for the addressed letters, but not the leaflets that are delivered seperately by hand to every house in that area. Save those and then send them back to the stragglers with a request to be removed