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Copied from constituent's e-mail: "What if I told you that there's a business in Boston generating more than 34 tons of trash per week that the city ends up paying to dispose of or recycle, and cheating other Boston businesses while doing so? Would you be interested in putting a stop to it, to reduce Boston's annual trash bill by more than $100,000? Around September of last year, weekly "Globe Direct in association with redplum" advertising circulars began showing up on my front stoop, along with the front stoops of every other house on my block. I do not read these circulars. Every week, they go straight into the recycling bin. It is a waste of the Globe's money and of scarce environmental resources to deliver them to me. But wait, it's worse... Many weeks the circular doesn't make it all the way to my front stoop, but rather ends up on the sidewalk or even in the street. I see the plastic bags full of circulars littering the sidewalk and street all up and down my block, ignored by most residents and getting gross and slimy in the rain or snow, until someone has the decency to pick them up and throw them away. Believe me, I'm far from the only "recipient" of these circulars who never actually sees them. But wait, it's worse... I have been trying to get the Globe to stop delivering these circulars to my house since September 2013 with no success. I have contacted the Globe on six separate occasions, via email, via telephone conversations with their offshore customer service department, and most recently via a telephone conversation with someone in their Boston office. I have been told repeatedly that the deliveries would stop, and yet I just received another one today. How many other people do you think the Globe has refused to stop delivering these circulars to even when asked? But wait, it's worse... Today I was delivered not one but two copies of the circular, nestled together in the same bag. All of these problems have one thing in common: they make it crystal clear that the Globe doesn't actually care how many people see these circulars. All they care about is how many copies of the circular they can claim to be delivering, because their circulation numbers determine how much they can charge advertisers! In other words, through their littering, distribution of multiple circulars per household, and refusal to stop delivering the circulars to people who don't want them, they are deceiving other Boston businesses and overcharging them for advertising. Is there anything you can do to get the Globe to stop delivering these circulars to people who don't want them?" | Type of posting: [Handbills] Exact location: [Sidewalk] Sponsor details: [Globe Direct]

Caller reports a large amount of flyers along the sidewalk on Bennington St. Caller reported seeing them at several locations along the street, although they are probably now covered in snow. Caller states that the business is located at 61 Bennington and the phone number on the flyer is 617-380-8233. | Type of posting: [Handbills] Exact location: [Sidewalk] Sponsor details: [D'Joel Barber Shop]

D'Joel Barber Shop located at 61 Bennington Street in East Boston (617-380-82330 decided to advertise by throwing large amounts of flyers up and down the side walks on Bennington Street. We already have an issue with littering in East Boston and this is not an appropriate way for a business to advertise. | Type of posting: [Handbills] Exact location: [50 flyers were littered on the sidewalk] Sponsor details: [D'Joel Barber Shop]

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Family Dollar @ 24 Corinth St...Signage, windows blocked...

Caller reports posters are large and green. | Type of posting: [Posters] Exact location: [Near store fronts. Outside] Sponsor details: [Sheriff Bennet]

Caller reports the poster is huge and green. | Type of posting: [Posters] Exact location: [On a ledge across from Faulkner Hospital] Sponsor details: [Sheriff Bennett poster]

Windy City has a neon sign hanging in the window. It is extremely bright and blinding to people driving down Gallivan Boulevard, it is going to cause an accident. | Type of posting: [Other] Exact location: [On window]

The sign is on the Gordon St. side of the building and is a repeated problem. This has been reported and dealt with in the past. The sign is taken down and then put back up. | Type of posting: [Posters] Exact location: [562 Cambridge St. (Chema's Market) is at the intersection of Gordon St. and Cambridge St.] Sponsor details: [Unknown]

neighbor reports that Connie Estrada, owner of 3937 Washington St, has a 6' high 4' wide sign in her front yard advertising a nearby business. She told a neighbor that they pay her to put it in her yard. Neighbor wants the sign removed. | Type of posting: [Other] Exact location: [sign in front yard] Sponsor details: [sign is for Roslindale Self Storage located at 44 Lochdale Rd]