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From: kpk@gitpyr.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: "Un-Mail"
Message-ID: <1465@gitpyr.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 24-Feb-86 10:29:05 EST
Article-I.D.: gitpyr.1465
Posted: Mon Feb 24 10:29:05 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 26-Feb-86 06:42:23 EST
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Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
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Keywords: on box, in yard

I live in a high-density residential neighborhood.  This
makes me a target of much "un-mail" such as sales
brochures, sample newspapers, local phone books, etc.

The items are frequently rubber-banded to the side of my
mailbox (to avoid conflicts with the P.O.) or are placed
in plastic bags and thrown in my front yard (and every other
front yard for miles).  Since my neighborhood is primarily
rental property, the residents are unenthusiastic about
cleaning their yards, and the trash mounts.

My question is this: How can this un-mail be effectively
controlled?  How is this practice different from simple
littering in the eyes of the law? 

(What I really would like to see is an ordinance which
requires un-mailers to collect any debris not removed by
residents in 24 hrs.)