How to Stop Receiving Junk Mail

Did you know that 5.6 million tons of catalogs and other direct mail end up in landfills every year? And that Americans pay $370 million per year to dispose of junk mail that doesn’t get recycled? Learn how you can reduce the amount of junk mail you receive by 90 percent.

Junk mail is more than an annoyance. It clogs landfills as well as your mailbox, and costs millions of trees and millions of tax dollars every year.

Larry West, your Guide to Environment Issues, explains the high environmental and monetary price we pay for junk mail – and he offers four easy steps you can take to reduce your junk mail by 90 percent.

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