Ziggy wrote:

Now I simply fill a waste bin with stuff and then burn it. Means I
can chuck all the junk mail, with my name and address listed on it at
least twice, straight in the "to burn" bin.

Since most people's names and addresses are easily obtainable by all
sorts of means I really see no point in shredding junk mail with just
your name and address on it - life's too short to worry about such
things.

Hundreds (if not thousands) of businesses will have your name and
address, it's on the electoral register, you've given it to friends
and relations. If someone want's to "steal an identity" they're much
more likely to use a name and address they can find quickly (at work,
wherever) than they are to go digging around on rubbish dumps for old
junk mail.

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Chris Green