Help Stop Junk Mail
Submitted by Live Earth on 18 December, 2008 - 18:54
On average, 700 millions pieces of mail are sent everyday and during the holidays it’s closer to 830 million. Have you ever thought about how much of that is junk? According to www.donotmail.org, more than 100,000,000,000 pieces of junk mail are delivered each year in the US. That’s 1/3 of all the mail delivered worldwide!
Check out some of these facts from Do Not Mail:
- It takes more than 100 million trees to produce the total volume of junk mail that arrives in American mailboxes each year—that's the equivalent of clear cutting the entire Rocky Mountain National Park every 4 months.
- Every year American households receive a total of 104.7 billion pieces of junk mail or 848 pieces of junk mail per household, which requires 6.5 million tons of paper.
- By the year 2010, almost 50% of the solid mass that makes up our landfills is expected to be paper and paperboard waste.
Learn more about the effect junk mail has on the planet and sign the petition for a National Do-Not-Mail registry.
Yes, let’s stop junk mail!!!
Yes, let’s stop junk mail!!! 41pounds.org is a nonprofit service that stops your junk mail – including catalogs. The service covers everyone in your household for 5 years and costs $41. When you sign up, 41pounds.org donates $15 to the nonprofit organization you choose.
And, the 41pounds.org service makes a fabulous holiday gift – especially for last minute shoppers. They offer gift certificates that you can print out or email directly to your friends and family. No wrapping paper, no shipping charges, no worries. Check it out at www.41pounds.org.
Yeah junk mail is really a
Yeah junk mail is really a big problem. 28 billion gallons of water wasted and as mentioned 100 million trees. Here is a video that lists some of the negatives of junkmail:
http://www.politicommunity.com/video/video/show?id=2264381%3AVideo%3A11224