No junk mail

I have received some glossy mail from BNZ. I was surprised and disappointed that it came in a plastic envelope. Why?

I can understand that a newspaper be wrapped in plastic for delivery, as it’s often thrown from a vehicle on to the subscriber’s lawn.

This letter, however, was destined for a letterbox, so wrapping it in a layer of plastic was excessive and unnecessary.

Why would a progressive company that offers its services on the internet and mobile phones show such disregard for the environment.

In the times when the media promote the message ‘‘Refuse, Reuse and Recycle’’, BNZ sends superfluous plastic to thousands of its customers.

In addition, the paper on which the message was printed was thick and waxy, not recycled or recyclable.

Individuals can only do so much by refusing and re-using supermarket bags, for example, but it’s huge companies such as banks that wipe out the efforts of many by an extravagant mail-out like this, that could have been sent in an email.

Companies like BNZ ought to be leading by example and avoid wasting resources and polluting the environment, as this is what they are doing by sending what is essentially junk mail. ALINA SUCHANSKI Te Anau