Say Goodbye to Coupons, Credit-Card Offers, and More With These 4 Ways to Reduce Junk Mail
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Once upon a time (aka a very long time ago), I used to receive quality mail in my mailbox. Maybe it was a card, a note, a bill, or even a fun goodie I bought online, but there was always something in there that wasn t . . . junk. Today that doesn t seem to be the case. About 99 percent of the mail I get in the mailbox is a credit-card offer, a coupon, or some weird spam asking me to donate money, and I ll be honest: it all goes in the trash. Rarely do I receive something important to me (unless it s from the IRS or it s a debit card I ve lost), and when I think about all the paper that s wasted and resources used to deliver this mail, it makes me sick. By stopping junk mail, the average person can save approximately 20 trees and 7,000 gallons of water in their lifetime. Additionally, it helps prevent global warming emissions by not contributing to the labor used to create and delive