'Do not deliver' list to scrap newspapers?

Tired of the free neighborhood newspapers that pile up in your driveway and end up directly in the recycle bin? So are some Maryland residents, who have apparently asked State Del. Tanya Shewell to propose a "Do Not Deliver" list that would run along the same vein as the national "Do Not Call" list.

Under the proposed bill, publishers who continue to deliver unsolicited papers after a person has requested that deliveries be stopped, would be fined $100 a day, according to the Associated Press. The publishers would be given seven days after the request to discontinue delivery.

Read the full AP story, "'Do Not Deliver' list would bar papers"

[William Crow]

I love newspapers. No requirement to be online and having to pay the extra power costs and online subscription charges is a good thing.

[billped]

The issue is the level of UNwanted newspapers, not those that you want.

Also, let's not assume that getting news online takes more power - logging, paper mills, and newspaper printing all take lots of power and do damage to the environment. The first two are horrible - newspaper printing isn't too bad.

By reducing the level of unwanted paper newspapers, we save on both ends of the paper lifecycle - production and disposal. It's tough to argue that is a bad thing.


Bill

[ralfthedog]

Free newspapers are cool. They are a great way for people to know that you are not home. It makes it much easer to steal your stuff.

[Travis742]

About time. I don't read the stuff that gets put on my doorstep, so for me it equates to litter (and gets put directly into the trash/recycle - what a waste of natural resources!).

[Bob Sugar]

How about a list for junk mail in your mailbox? I did a short stint at the post office - and the sheer amount of junk mail that gets put in mailboxes nationwide would stagger the imagination - seriously, it is literally unbelievable...

Of course, it's the Post Office's cash cow, and they have massive salaries to pay (thank your local union rep) so it'll never get done, until we run out of trees.

[samcanthon]

Just what we need, more government. I'm sure the publishers will just forward the cost to their $200.00 per week carriers. Thanks for the help, I think.

[kapstaad]

Maybe they can just have all the junkmail delivered directly to a recycling plant ;-)

[inachu]

Wow!

this is great!
I am so tired of getting something i diid not ask for.

[justusderdv]

I'll bet this law was instigated by grumpy right wingers who think newspapers are the tools of the fabled "Liberal Media". Everybody I know who hates free newspapers fits this description. Our local throwaway was bought out by the conservatives about two years ago, but quite a few of their ilk still haven't figured that out. For those who are still wondering, there is no more liberal media.