Saturday, August 02, 2008

Direct Mail Tries to Go Green. No, Really


MOST marketers readily concede it: getting rid of direct mail — or junk mail, as environmentalists and most recipients call it — would save a lot of trees. But they are not about to render bulk mailings obsolete.

A Postal Service scale encouraging direct-mail marketers to adopt environmentally friendly practices.

“The return on investment is just too high,” said Jeffrey Horton, marketing supervisor for Kawasaki Motors Corporation U.S.A.

So a group of direct-marketing companies, along with a handful of their corporate clients, are banding together to make an inherently unsustainable practice at least a little bit greener.

See full Article.