100 Million Trees Are Cut Down For Junk Mail Each Year. Here’s How To – tentree

Reading Time: < 1 minute

To make 100 billion pieces of junk mail, 100 million trees need to be chopped down. That would be the same as deforesting all of Rocky Mountain National Park 3 times a year. Some of those trees are grown sustainably and some of that paper is recycled, but many of those trees come from wild forests in Canada and Indonesia.

If you held onto all of the junk mail you received in a year, it would weigh a total of 41 pounds at the end of the year. The average American receives approximately 18 pieces of junk mail for every piece of ‘regular’ mail. About 42% of junk mail ends up going to landfills, never even opened.

Junk mail also has a huge impact on the world’s climate. The production of junk mail has the same carbon footprint as 9 million vehicles, and the energy used to produce all of this junk mail could heat 250,000 homes for one day.

It may not seem like much, but the junk mail you get delivered every day has a pretty big impact. So what’s the solution to this problem? There are a few things you can do to reduce and eliminate your junk mail.

Top 5 Newsletter

The Top 5 Happy Eco News stories delivered to your inbox - every Monday.

Sign up now!

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Support Us.

Happy Eco News will always remain free for anyone who needs it. Help us spread the good news about the environment!