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New York Post Page Six -- Leo Joins Junk Mail Crusade

by Philip Recchia
March 14th, 2008

Leonardo DiCaprio can’t stand unsolicited missives showing up in his mailbox.

So the screen idol, 33 — along with fellow environmentalist Adrian Grenier — has joined a new move to establish a national Do Not Mail Registry.

Quietly launched February 29 by international environmental group ForestEthics, which protects endangered woodlands, the campaign is urging Americans to sign a petition demanding the federal government make it possible for citizens to say adios to junk mail — much in the way it did with 2003’s Do Not Call Registry.

At the moment, more than 25,000 people have signed the petition.

In addition to Leo (who, just became signer No. 22,816) and Adrian, other celebs have been quick to add their John Hancocks to the online list, including Darryl Hannah, 47, and Alicia Silverstone, 31.

Griped Adrian, 31, “Junk mail is more than an annoying waste of time, it’s a waste of our environment!”

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