The world's forests are feeling the strain as global paper consumption has increased 74% since 1980. The U.S., with five percent of the world's population, consumes 30% of the world's paper. Bulk mail accounts for 5.2 million tons of waste each year. read more...
How do I take action?
Newdream.org features a form that will generate letters for you to print out, sign, and mail to marketing preference organizations. You can find this form here.
What we do matters!
If only 1,000 of us succeed in halving our personal bulk mail, we will save 170 trees, nearly 46,000 pounds of carbon dioxide, and 70,000 gallons of water each year.
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