Annual greenhouse gases created by junk mail equates to:
9,372,000 passenger cars
11 coal-fired power plants
85,000 international flights
Can you believe the greenhouse gases created annually by each item is equivalent to the greenhouse gases created each year by junk mail?
It's senseless and unconscionable. Just take a look at these facts:
- Junk mail in the U.S. accounts for one-third of the world's mail.
- 44% of junk mail goes to the landfill unopened.
- It takes more than 100 million trees to produce the total yearly volume of U.S. junk mail.
The numbers are overwhelming when you soak in the reality of these statistics. How in 2009 is an outdated and ineffective means of advertising still around? Since 1991, 80-90% percent of the U.S. annually has supported a national Do Not Mail Registry - yet the government is still dragging their feet.
We need a National Do Not Mail Registry - NOW!!
It's time to take the first step if you haven't already. Sign the petition to stop junk mail and become part of the solution. You'll be helping the environment, your neighbors, and yourself.
Many thanks to good people at ForestEthics for their hard work in exposing this issue.
Statistics courtesy of ForestEthics
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