Stop junk mail at the source

October

Tired of finding nothing but catalogs in your mail, mostly from retailers who aren’t selling what you want to buy? I just ran across something that might be a help for anyone who wants to lessen their daily mail intake and help the environment at the same time.

It’s called “Catalog Choice”:http://www.catalogchoice.org/ and is a FREE online service that allows you to sign up and then log the different catalogs you receive that you’d like to terminate. When you put in information from the mailing label into your e-mail account, Catalog Choice will get that catalog delivery stopped.

It’s been developed by a group of environmental organizations, including the Natural Resources Defense Council, as a means to reduce repeat and unsolicited mailings.

“Every day, millions of unwanted catalogs clog consumersÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ mailboxes and are immediately tossed in the trash. More than just an annoyance, they are overflowing municipal waste systems, devouring precious natural resources, and contributing to pollution and global warming,” says Laura Hickey, senior director for Global Warming Education at the National Wildlife Federation, which joined the NRDC and the Ecology Center to launch the new service. Hickey notes that unlike other do-not-mail services, a unique feature of Catalog Choice is that it is free.
How about this for the tale of the tape?

– 19 BILLION catalogs are mailed to American consumers annually. – 53 million trees cut down – 3.6 million tons of paper used – 38 trillion BTUs, enough to power 1.2 million homes, used to power their production and distribution – 5.2 million tons of carbon dioxide emitted, equal to the annual emissions of two million cars. – 53 billion gallons of waste water discharges from this volume of paper Ã¢â‚¬â€œ enough to fill 81,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools

This entry was posted on Tuesday, October 9th, 2007 at 5:51 pm by Greg Clary.
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One Response to “Stop junk mail at the source”

automobile donation March 11th, 2009 at 5:10 am
Haha nice, is there a section to follow the RSS feed

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