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Is Junk Mail Going Green?

by Matt Embrey on July 26th, 2008

I think we can all agree that when it comes to junk mail there is too much of it and we don’t want it. Whether you’re appalled at the 100 million trees it takes to supply the paper for one years worth of junk mail in the US or you just don’t like to be [...]

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Even Mother Nature Hates Bills

by Matt Embrey on June 13th, 2008

Ah yes, the kind of mail that makes me cringe more than junk mail… bills. While we still have to pay em there is a way to keep them out of your mail box and save a tree or two, which is nice. Go electric… receive and pay your bills online. The Pay It [...]

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RETURN TO WASTER Junk Mail Stamps at Etsy

by Matt Embrey on May 21st, 2008

Upgrade: $11 The “RETURN TO WASTER” Stamps are available from this Etsy Seller. It takes 100 Million (100,000,000) trees to create the junk mail that is sent out in one year. It takes 28 billion gallons of water to make this junk mail and the average person wastes 70 hours a year dealing with junk mail…. so [...]

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