My goal is to stop getting U.S. mail in 2018. I'm pretty close. If I've missed anything, please advise:
Here's what I've done:
1. All bill paying online.
2. All payments direct deposit. (I'm an independent contractor and receive many payments, and unfortunately a few clients still are not on-board or won't pay non-employees directly. So I still get some paper checks.)
3. Reduced magazines to online subscriptions.
4. Opted out of all mailing lists, credit card-generating things, etc.
5. Stopped sending Xmas cards.
6. Unsubscribed from all high school and college alumni stuff.
Things I need to figure out:
1. How to stop getting useless magazines that come with memberships while still keeping memberships (i.e. AAA and Costco. Actually, Costco is a decent magazine, but I rarely get around to reading it.)
2. How to stop getting political mail while remaining a registered voter. This probably isn't possible, especially here in Florida where every election at every level is a financial arms race of paper.
3. How to stop getting real estate solicitations of every kind.