However, junk mail is largely disposed of in the household waste and it should be possible to collect much of this paper for recycling.
The fact is that today there is a great deal more junk mail than used to be the case.
Many people do not want to receive junk mail.
Preventing the circulation of the electoral register will not stop junk mail.
Obviously, some people took the matter seriously, whereas others put the leaflets and posters in the bin and treated them as junk mail.
If companies cannot target their mailshots so well, the result will be more junk mail, more irritated consumers and more irritated constituents for us.
However, the fact is that many people like to receive junk mail.
The action of the individual may safeguard him from receipt of junk mail, but it leaves the public issues still to be resolved.
