Why end junk mail?

• 100+ billion pieces of junk mail are delivered each year. Over 60% (60+ billion pieces) of that junk mail ends up in the trash.

• An average American receives 41 pounds of junk mail per year, totaling 2,460 pounds per lifetime.

• An average household receives 848 pieces of junk mail per year.

• Less than half of junk mail gets opened.

• Less than 3% of junk mail is responded to by recipients that are not already customers of the sender.

• Annual junk mail manufacturing and delivery produces more emissions than 9 million cars. 

• Each year, 1+ billion miles are traveled and 111+ million gallons of gas are burned delivering junk mail. 

• 90% of mail delivery trucks average less than 9 miles per gallon of gas.

• $700+ million is spent each year on mail delivery truck operation.

• Junk mail production uses over 28 billion gallons of water each year.

• Each year's junk mail production takes down 100+ million trees. To date, billions of trees have been taken down for junk mail production.

• Taxpayers have already subsidized $170+ billion to reduce the cost of junk mail.

• Americans spend 2.5 billion hours each year managing their junk mail.

• You will spend 8 months of your life sorting junk mail.

• You will pay $126 per year to continue funding (subsidizing) junk mail delivery.

• Much of the junk mail is not recyclable due to the oils and/or inks used during printing. Recycling stations end up having to choose between getting substantially less revenue for "contaminated streams" of paper, or just discarding the junk mail you tried to recycle.

• Your personal information and purchasing habits end up shared across affiliates, sold, and potentially stolen by criminals via ongoing data breaches or identity theft attempts. 

• You never asked for the junk mail and should not be responsible to manage it. 

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