The person who lived here before me was either a marketer or shopping fiend. At least I think so from the 4 catalogs and reams of junk mail I get every day. Each time I walk away from my mailbox with the next armload of junk mail (that all goes directly in the recycle bin), I feel a bit of guilt for all the trees that meet their end for things I never open. And calling every catalog and mortgage company to unsubscribe is quite a task.
I just today found an organization that claims it can help. GreenDimes works to systematically remove names from mailing lists and provides some helpful facts on how to beat back the junk. I've just subscribed and look forward to seeing how well it works.
A couple factoids of note....
- 100 million trees are cut down each year to create the approximately 4.5 million tons of junk mail in the United States
- 28 billion gallons of water go into the production of American junk mail annually
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