This is something we’ve harped on through daily tips and videos, so we’re pretty excited to hear the San Francisco Board Of Supervisors passed a resolution for California to create a Do Not Mail registry, and give citizens the choice to stop receiving unwanted junk mail.

 "Until now, junk mailers have stifled all efforts to give Americans what they want: an enforceable, comprehensive solution to junk mail's waste and annoyance" said ForestEthics Executive Director Todd Paglia. "San Francisco is the first city in the United States to take political action against junk mail, marking the beginning of a long-awaited government intervention to protect citizens from relentless and predatory junk mailers."

A 2007 poll said 89% of Americans support the creation of a national registry, a clear indication this unsustainable practice must come to an end. Who doesn’t find it annoying?

Some quick facts on Junk Mail:

100 million trees are logged annually to produce the 100 billion pieces of junk mail Americans receive.

Junk mail's production generates the carbon emissions of over 9 million cars.

U.S. junk mail accounts for 30% of all the mail delivered in the world, though 44% of it goes to landfills unopened.

Check this report on how junk mail impacts climate change.

For more information, please visit donotmail.org.

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