A councillor in Palmerston, New Zealand, would like to fine junk mailers who ignore 'No Junk Mail' signs. It seems like a sensible idea to me.

Phone books will no longer be delivered door-to-door in Belgium. It is the first European country to introduce an opt-in system for paper directories.

A campaign for a central opt-out scheme for paper directories has reached it goal after a consumer watchdog programme highlighted the issue.