TromboneAl
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From Time Magazine and other sources (google Junk Mail Statistics):
- Americans receive 40 pounds of junk mail each year.
- Each household averages 848 pieces of junk mail annually.
- 30% of the world's mail includes junk.
- 19 billion catalogs hit mailboxes every year.
- 44% of junk mail ends up in landfills.
- Each year, 100 million trees are used to produce junk mail;
- 250,000 homes could be heated with one day's supply of junk mail; and
- Americans receive almost 4 million tons of junk mail every year.
- The production and disposal of junk mail consumes more energy than 3 million cars
- Nearly 250,000 homes could be heated with one day’s supply of junk mail
- More than 28 billion gallons of water are wasted to produce and recycle junk each year
- Americans will spend an average of eight months of their lives dealing with junk mail
- Citizens and local governments spend hundreds of millions of dollars per year to collect and dispose of all the bulk mail that doesn’t get recycled