Slow The Flow: Junk Mail

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Story Published: Jul 1, 2008 at 12:45 PM PST

Story Updated: Jun 30, 2009 at 9:02 PM PST

An estimated 100 million trees are needed to create the 100 billion pieces of junk mail delivered to U.S. mailboxes every year. Much of those credit card offers, catalogs and coupon packs are unwanted. But now there's a growing effort to reduce this enormous waste and offer consumers more tools to slow the flow. It’s an online petition aimed at getting lawmakers to create a junk mail version of the national Do Not Call list.

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