Did you know that the average adult receives 41 pounds of junk mail each year? Help your bloated mailbox go on a diet! By reducing your junk mail, you are saving trees, reducing global warming, and conserving water.

The Effect of your Bloated Mailbox Today

• Junk mail destroys 100 million trees every year.



• 44% of junk mail goes to the landfill unopened.



• On average, Americans receive 16 pieces of junk mail a week, compared to only 1.5 personal letters.



• Each of us wastes 70 hours of precious time each year dealing with 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.



• 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). 28 billion gallons of water are wasted to produce and recycle junk each year.



• Creating and shipping junk mail produces more greenhouse gas emissions than 9 million cars.

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