Recycling Junk Mail

While flipping through the junk mail recently as it headed to the trash can, I noticed that the daily credit card junk mail is going green. Or eco-friendly, or eco-conscious, or whatever. At least that is the impression they would like to give, by adding a small "recycle please", "recyclable", or "please recycle" logo on the back of the envelopes.

Recycling pickup is not free where I live. So these companies, who want my money and to charge huge interest rates for credit also want me to pay to recycle the junk they send me so they can appear more eco-friendly? How about they wasting huge amounts paper and other resources each year to send me these things. Do I really need all the legal details about a credit card I don't want? Try sending me that stack of paper when I express interest in your product, or provide it electronically.

Point is, they are wasteful. Don't make me pay or feel guilty for your waste so that you can improve your eco-image.