For me, there's nothing more irritating than junk mail. Its like someone mails you a bunch of trash everyday so I can throw it away for them. According to Catalog Choices, 8 million trees are deforested every year to provide paper for junk mail, most of which goes unread. The average person receives 40 pounds of junk mail a year, all of which is transported via plane and truck filling our atmosphere with CO2. Whether you read them or not, at least recycle the paper!

THE TRUTH ABOUT SPAM EMAIL

For those of you who feel the need to spend time complaining about SPAM email remember this... 8 million trees are deforested every year to provide paper for junk mail. SPAM might be somewhat irritating, but at least it doesn't harm the environment. Our society is cluttered with advertisements. You can't watch TV without being interrupted every 10 minutes with commercials. You can't drive down the highway without the scenery being compromised with ugly billboards. You can't view a web page without irritating pop ups getting in your way. Its just the way out society is... but understand that SPAM doesn't harm the environment the way junk mail does. Its free and takes a second to delete if you're not interested. And many mass mailings offer great deals on products if you take the time to read the ones that interest you. So if you want to complain about junk advertising, focus your complaints on Junk Mail not SPAM email.

OPT OUT OF JUNK MAIL

Fortunately there's something you can do to rid yourself of junk mail. A great online resource is www.donotmail.org, click and follow the steps to remove yourself from mailing lists. Many catalog mailers use a database system called Abacus. Go to www.abacus-us.com and click on "Consumer Opt-Out" to take your name off those mailing lists. You can also call, 888-5OPTOUT to remove your name from other types of junk mailing lists.

THE FACTS

8 million trees are deforested every year to provide paper for junk mail, most of which goes unread.