Junk mail is a big bad; not eco-friendly at all. About 4 million tons of junk mail arrives at U.S. homes each year. Some of us recycle, but not all of us. Also, not all areas even have proper paper recycling. What to do?
Stop junk mail: This is obviously your number one option. Unless you find junk mail an exciting read (I sure hope not) then why not cancel it?Over 100 million trees are used up to create junk mail, and you really don’t want to be a part of that.
How to stop junk mail:
Contact companies personally who send you junk mail, and tell them to take you off their list. If they don’t listen, I’d start sending it back.
Join Green Dimes. Not only will they stop junk mail cold, but they’ll plant 5 trees in your name when you sign on as a premium member.
Register at Mail Preference Service.
Try the Stop the Junk Mail Kit.
If you’d like to put the junk mail you already have to work, save it up for holiday wrap.
Junk mail is annoying and an eco-baddie, but that doesn’t mean you have to take it.