41pounds.org is a community of people working to eliminate a big personal nuisance and environmental hazard – junk mail

What Company is Offering:
41pounds.org is a community of people working to eliminate a big personal nuisance and environmental hazard – junk mail. Our name comes from the amount of junk mail the average person receives each year (credit card applications, catalogs, coupon books, etc.) which for the most part goes directly into the trash can or recycling bin. Even with recycling programs all over the country, the majority of household waste is junk mail, and paper takes up about 40% of landfill space.
How it Works:
The team at 41pounds.org is dedicated to helping households cut down on the junk mail that is delivered daily. Complaining about sweepstakes and credit card letters is a thing of the past, now that we can complain about spam, but the fact is we are still receiving mountains of unwanted paper that have a toxic effect on the Earth. Companies who send out junk mail are wasting valuable resources such as trees and water and emit greenhouse gasses in production. Recycling is clearly a great solution, however, the ink in junk mail has high concentrations of heavy metals, which makes it a challenge to recycle. For a small price, 41pounds.org will eliminate 80-90% of junk mail received by contacting 20-30 companies that are responsible for the most common types of junk mail (i.e. credit card companies, sweepstakes, etc.). By cutting down the amount of junk mail you receive, you can save 1.7 trees, 700 gallons of water and stop 460 pounds of CO2 from being released into our atmosphere.
More at;http://www.41pounds.org/