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Article: Trash junk mail.(News from the world of Trees)(Brief article)
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- American Forests
- Article date:
- September 22, 2007
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That junk mail in your box adds up: It takes more than 100 million trees each year to produce--and its production, disposal, and transportation creates more greenhouse gas emissions than 2.8 million cars and wastes 28 billion gallons of water.
AMERICAN FORESTS is partnering with 41pounds (www.41pounds.org) to stop junk mail--and plant trees. 41pounds will reduce subscribers' junk mail by 80 to 95 percent for five years and donate $15 of the $41 fee to AMERICAN FORESTS.
Brothers Sander DeVries, Tim ...