I don't know about you but I hate getting junk mail. I'd say I throw away a minimum of 90% of my mail everyday. A lot of it I don't even open! Here are a few statistics:
* The average American household receives unsolicited junk mail equal to 1.5 trees every year - more than 100 million trees for all U.S. households combined.
* 44 percent of junk mail is thrown away unopened, but only half that much junk mail (22 percent) is recycled.
* Americans pay $370 million annually to dispose of junk mail that doesn't get recycled.
* On average, Americans spend 8 months opening junk mail in the course of their lives.
So let's get on a STOP the Junk Campaign! If you’re interested in living a more eco-friendly lifestyle, here’s something you can do that will help protect the environment and preserve your sanity: reduce the amount of junk mail you receive by 90 percent.
Start by registering with the Mail Preference Service of the Direct Marketing Association (http://www.dmachoice.org/).
You can also go to http://www.optoutprescreen.com/, which can enable you to remove your name from lists that mortgage, credit card, and insurance companies use to mail you offers and solicitations. It is a centralized website run by the four major credit card bureaus in the United States: Equifax, Experian, Innovis, andTransUnion.
Keep the junk mail out of your mailbox and out of the landfill. Jump on the STOP the Junk Campaign!
