I earlier posted a link to help you stop junk mail but I wanted to post some facts which will help you take this seriously. Be the CEO of your life and stop wasting time sorting junk mail.
Why Stop Junk Mail?
In addition to being a Personal Nuisance & Environmental Hazard it Saves Trees.More than 100 million trees are destroyed each year to produce junk mail. 42% of timber harvested nationwide becomes pulpwood for paper.
Reduce global warming. The energy used to produce and dispose of junk mail exceeds 2.8 million cars.
Save water. About 28 billion gallons of water are wasted to produce and recycle junk each year.
Save time. You waste about 70 hours a year dealing with junk mail.
The pulp and paper industry is the single largest consumer of water used in industrial activities in developed countries, and it’s the third-largest industrial greenhouse gas emitter (after the chemical and steel industries).
The average adult receives 41 pounds of junk mail each year (about 560 pieces). 44% goes to the landfill unopened.
On average, we receive 10.8 pieces of junk mail a week, compared to only 1.5 personal letters.
More than 62 billion pieces (4 million tons) of junk mail are produced each year.
The majority of household waste consists of junk mail.
40% of the solid mass that makes up our landfills is paper and paperboard waste.
Junk mail inks have high concentrations of heavy metals, making the paper difficult to recycle.
$320 million of local taxes are used to dispose of junk mail each year.
California’s state and local governments spend $500,000 a year collecting and disposing of AOL’s direct mail disks alone.
Transporting junk mail costs $550 million a year.
Your name is typically worth 3 to 20 cents each time it is sold. Lists of names and addresses used in bulk mailings reside in mass data-collection networks. By stopping credit card offers and other junk mail, you’ll help protect your identity from theft and fraud.
41pounds.org eliminates 80-95% of junk mailings for you by contacting dozens of direct marketers on your behalf.
By reducing your junk mail for 5 years, you’ll conserve 1.7 trees and 700 gallons of water, and prevent 460 pounds of carbon dioxide from being released into the atmosphere — and you’ll gain about 350 hours of free time!
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2 comments:
I signed up and feel very good about it.
I am tired of junk mail.
I used this and I am now seeing much less junk mail.
Oh, what a stress reducer to get less mail...
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