'Junk Mail' in newspapers

[ThePlotter]

A friend of mine has an issue with the amount of rubbish that you get inside newspapers particlarly at weekends she has always removed it and given back to the newsagent who disposes of it however this weekend the newsagent refused to take it .Has anybody got any thoughts on the legality can you refuse to accept the inserts and make the newsagent dispode of them.You can block junk mail at home but I wonder how this works in this case,all contributions welcome.

 

[Guest]

While I fully agree, amd sympathise with the comments, I just wonder if rather than giving the junk mail to the newsagent, it should rather go back to the newspaper itself? Many Sunday editions now come in a plastic wrapper so the newsagent has no input as to what is contained in the package. Is one still allowed to send a 'post payable' envelope these days?

 

[cris_408518]

Probably find the newsagent has to pay for waste collection.

Try reading the online versions of the papers, you get most of the news without any junk and tras celeb news and you save a pound or so to spend after a walk to your local rather than the paper shop ;-)

 

[Guest]

Some newspaper, although not all as yet, charge for viewing the online versions. They ain't stupid. Although I do agree it saves waste. You just cannot hand a piece to your better half to read.

 

[cris_408518]

Telegraph, Mail, Mirror, Gaurdian, Sun and Screws of the World cover quite a lot SL.

The wife needs the excersise so get her to trot over to the PC, or hand her the laptop or if you have a new fangled monitor style TV you can get it up on that ;-)

 

[Guest]

When I get her to come and look at something on the screen, she steals my glasses to see it.

Yes, when I am abroad I do use the online versions, but at home it is somewhat comforting to sit down in a coffee shop for a browse.

 

[Lol1]

One day, I'm going to throw away something important, because of junk mail. Most of it goes straight into the recycle bin unopened, I wounder if that's where my new bank card went?

 

[cris_408518]

Scotch Lad.

If you are on IE7 you have the easy little size option bottom right of screen. Just increse the size for your lady and hang on to your specs ;-)

 

[BeemerMal]

All junk mail I get, that includes a free reply envelope, gets put in said envelope and returned to the sender with a polite No Thank You written across it. This costs the sender additional postage......if more people did it they would think again about blanket dumping of junk mail.

Mal

 

[Guest]

Cris,

I never argue with a lady. Otherwise they might hit me.

 

[cris_408518]

Scotch Lad.

Is there not a contradiction there between "Lady" and hitting ;-)

Or is it just a liberal Scottish way ?

 

[Guest]

One assumes the former, therefore less chance of the latter.