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Post Office Lost $3.8 billion Last Year

AP | RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business

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WASHINGTON — The Postal Service reported a loss of $3.8 billion last year, despite a reduction of 40,000 full-time positions and other cost-cutt...

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Longing For a Paperless Existence

Chris Brassington | Posted 10.19.2009 | Business

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Chris Brassington

I did a little research to find out the effects of direct mail on the environment. The stats astounded me.

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A Modest Sign of Recovery

Anne Hill | Posted 08.29.2009 | Living

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Anne Hill

To gauge the pulse of the nation, I just step into my town's post office and see what strange things the mail has brought.

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Junk Mail's Endless Summer

Todd Paglia | Posted 06.11.2009 | Green

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Todd Paglia

Junk mail's waste and nuisance is obvious; the system supporting it is galling: Our standard postage subsidizes junk mail.

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The Greenest and Best From PC Mag's Top 100 Undiscovered Sites List

Dave Burdick | Posted 09.20.2008 | Green

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Dave Burdick

PC Magazine just churned out a pretty righteous list of what it calls the top 100 undiscovered web sites. It's very well done and here are a couple that are both useful and green(-ish).

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10 Creative Ways To Reuse Your Junk Mail

Huffington Post | Posted 09.08.2008 | Green

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100 billion pieces of junk mail are sent annually, which accounts for one-third of all United States mail. According to Treehugger, Americans spend ov...

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Junk Mail Marketers Try To Go Green

New York Times | Claudia Deutsch | Posted 07.30.2008 | Green

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MOST marketers readily concede it: getting rid of direct mail -- or junk mail, as environmentalists and most recipients call it -- would save a lot of...

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Stop Junk Mail Now: 3 Easy Tips

Olivia Zaleski | Posted 06.23.2008 | Green

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Olivia Zaleski

They may seem innocent, but common companies often sell your personal spending information to credit bureaus. Credit bureaus use the information to create lists based on consumer characteristics (i.e. income brackets, spending habits, boxer-briefs preferences) and rent them to marketers, credit card and insurance industries in search of specific demographics.

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6 Things To Do With Your Old Junk

Danny Seo | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

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Danny Seo

I think to say I'm fastidious would be an understatement. I have a ritual that my close friends find a bit odd, but I find it keeps my life and home ...

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