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Is your mailbox a junk mail graveyard?

Submitted by tmeronek on Mon, 06/25/2007 - 1:01am.
The Bite:
Help it rest in peace. Unwanted mail crowds out invites and tax refunds, and uses up valuable natural resources like trees, water, and energy. Point, click, and put to rest credit-card offers and catalog clutter once and for all.
The Benefits: 
  • Keeps you out of the sanitarium. Each American receives almost 560 pieces of junk mail per year - more than enough to drive you crazy.
  • Saves energy. Junk mail consumes more energy than 2.8 million cars every year.
  • More trees. Annually, 100 million trees are used to make junk mail.
  • More free time. Americans waste about 8 hours per year dealing with junk mail.
Personally Speaking: 
Ever since we removed our names from junk mail lists, we've had to revert to grade school, writing grocery lists on our palms.
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I cannot wait to try out this site. I receive a ton of mail for former employees, or employees that are deceased. We have labels made to have the mail sent back. It takes extra time and is not good for the environment, all this waste! I love the newsletters I get from Ideal Bite, so many time saving, healthy ideas. Thanks!
Posted by: Hollie Cardenas | March 19, 2009 at 03:52 AM
i always have junk mail but thanks to this i wont anymore thanks for the great advice
Posted by: Donna | May 20, 2009 at 05:20 PM

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