How do we knock off mailbox clutter? [Courtesy of NWF]
Developed by NWF, Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Ecology Center, Catalog Choice aims to improve the efficiency of catalog distribution by reducing the number of repeat and unsolicited mailings - benefiting the environment in the process.
The groups behind Catalog Choice estimate that some 53 million trees are harvested annually to produce the 19 billion catalogs currently mailed to Americans. The process of making and shipping the catalogs contributes 5.2 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere.
Catalog Choice has signed up more than 280,000 consumers in the last two months, who have declined nearly 3.5 million catalogs.
To learn more, visit www.catalogchoice.org.
3 comments:
These days it doesn't make sense to have paper catalogs. Most if not all the companies who offer catalogs , also offer for you to view the catalog online instead. Thanks for speaking up about this. (Hugs) Indigo
I get TONS of catalogs. I used to enjoy looking through them, but it's gotten so ridiculous lately that 90% of them go straight into the recycling bin. I will definitely take advantage of that site and cut down on the amount of catalogs I get. Indigo is right, virtually every catalog can be viewed online now. Great suggestion!
Beth
Because we do a lot of our shopping on-line, we do seem to get an increasing number of catalogs. When I went to the site, I did manage to identify more than 30 potential catalogs that we could block. We have talked many times about how bad it is, especially just before the holidays. Some of these companies obviously sell their mailing lists, the number and variety we recieve is amazing. The only area that is worst than the shopping catalogs are the charities, the more we give, the more requests we get. It is amazing! As always, thanks for reading and commenting. :o)
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