Clapham leaflet abuse must STOP!
Back in April Love Clapham wrote about the utterly ridiculous amount of leaflets Clapham residents have to fight their way through to get out of the door in the morning. Now this site is getting thousands of visitors from Clapham a week we think it’s time to take action! This abuse of people’s houses must STOP.
Love Clapham HQ finds it all bloomin’ annoying beyond belief – the other day I had to literally dig my way through piles of takeaway leaflets which all went in an orange recycling bag unread. Not only is it a pain to pick up and throw away these leaflets every day, it’s a waste of paper, a waste of local business’ time and giving local businesses that do this a very bad name.
We asked some people on our Twitter feed what they thought and these were some of the responses:
@hypothesiseit’s out of control at my house! I filled an entire recycling sack with it the other day!
@tri5tanyeah, its shocking, even the “no junk mail” sticker doesn’t work all the time
@LianneWals We have a recycling bin by the door that all the leaflets go straight into
What Love Clapham is proposing is for Clapham residents to store up all of the trash that comes through letter boxes in an orange recycling bag, and then we can deliver it all back to the companies that distribute them in the first place. If they can violate our doors, we can post it back to them!
Following this admittedly drama queen style diva protest, we can ask them to stop or at least reduce the amount of junk coming through Clapham residents’ doors. These companies can also circulate ‘no junk mail’ stickers for all residents to use if they so wish.
If you think this is a good plan and want to take part, or think we should do something else, please leave a comment below.
great idea. you are more than welcome to take our leaflets at cavendish rd.
Sounds like a great idea to me.
Always struggled with the dilemma though – you can hardly hang a sign on the door that says ‘Only good magazines and tasty restaurants, please’…
I am a bit puzzled with the “we can deliver it all back to the companies that distribute them”. Is there a single company, a couple? I thought that most of the leaflets came form different sources, local businesses or services paying hourly rates to people to distribute them…
Re- the No Junk Mail sticker, everyone should know that no-one distributing leaflets care about that…
Nick – true, but most menus are now on the internet. I’d be happy to link to them all from one page on LoveClapham.
Cyril – Yes, there are some key distribution companies but particularly bad offending local businesses can have their leaflets back too!
)
‘No junk mail’ stickers may not work as well as they should. However, at least they are a starting point and give you a reason to complain to distribution companies and local businesses that don’t take notice.
The main course of action will of course be to talk to these companies directly. Not just distribution companies, but groups of local businesses to discuss the problem with them – they can all explain the rules to flyer people.