Change.org - Junk mail

No one likes junk mail. Often, it goes from the mailbox right into the garbage. Each year, junk mail results in the same amount of greenhouse gases as 9 million cars. 5.6 million tons of that paper ends up in landfills. It is an incredible threat to the environment. Bryan says that stopping junk mail is a quick fix that would have a big impact. Sign your name now demanding the Senate committee on the Environment make banning junk mail a top priority for 2021. Stop Junk Mail From Filling Our Landfills! 2,945 have signed Bryan Smith’s petition. Let’s get to 5,000!

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Unwanted junk mail threatens the environment! Junk mail produces more than 51 million tons of greenhouse gases per year - as much CO2 as 9 million cars! Junk mail is an incredible threat to our environment! The small value direct marketing offers is not worth the incredible harm done by junk mail. Trash is one of the largest problems facing the environment. Junk mail is the easiest to fix immediately!  Data - 5.6 million tons of junk mail gets buried in land fills/year! - 80-100 million trees are cut down each year for junk mail - Over 100 billion pieces of junk mail are delivered every yr - Each American adult receives 41 lbs of junk mail/yr - The EPA reports that 60% of all junk mail ends up in landfills, and is not recycled - Direct mail marketing is a $10 billion industry - 33% of all mail delivered worldwide is junk mail Not to mention all of the emissions related to the USPS driving their vehicles around toting garbage that literally 95% of the population doesn’t want arriving in their inbox.

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