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Americans Must Conserve Resources.
Photos by Ivy Chang
Americans don't think about their daily and yearly use of various resources that waste energy, pollute the environment, and add to landfills.
Earth Day arrived and left on April 22, and the principles it brought us to save the earth using natural materials, different forms of energy, and recycling continue. Many building contractors are on the bandwagon to save the earth by following green principles of building. However, not everyone is aware of cutting energy use and recycling basic materials.
Following are green facts about the normal habits of Americans provided by AIA, Dallas chapter. After reading the list, will you change your habits?
Junk mail
- If only 100,000 people stopped their junk mail, we could save up to 150,000 trees annually. If a million people stopped junk mail, we could save up to a million and a half trees.
- The junk mail Americans receive in one day could produce enough energy to heat 250,000 homes.
- CreditCards.com Partners with ProQuo to Launch CommandPost(TM), a New Service...
- Press release article from: Business Wire April 21, 2008 700+ words
...nearly four million tons of junk mail every year * More than 28 billion...wasted to produce and recycle junk mail each year * The average adult receives around 40 pounds of junk mail each year * Americans throw away 44% of bulk mail unopened...
- Tacoma, Wash., Residents Receive Kits to Stop Junk Mail.
- News wire article from: News Tribune (Tacoma, WA) May 5, 2002 700+ words
...was thrilled when he recently got a "junk mail reduction kit" from City of Tacoma Environmental...Nobody I know actually responds to the junk mail or the junk phone calls." The kits...behind them is simple: Cutting down on junk mail is a sort of pre-cycling. When you...
- Cal Poly: COLUMN: Junk mail isn't only a burden for you.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire January 22, 2007 700+ words
...sorting through the massive amount of junk mail only to find one or two items of pertinent...filling up your trash bins every day. Junk mail is undoubtedly annoying, but also bears...are lucky enough to have ways to stop junk mail, saving trees and patience. The creation...
- Junk mail. (reducing junk mail)
- Magazine article from: Public Works Michaels, Abraham March 1, 1997 700+ words
The popular FORUM discussion on Junk Mail continues to produce significant reader...Division was "...collecting all our junk mail for a month to get a handle on how much...advice to the public has been in reducing junk mail quantities. Ms. Johnson, since you...
- Junk mail. (Solid Waste Forum)
- Magazine article from: Public Works Michaels, Abraham September 1, 1994 700+ words
The Junk Mail Committee has accumulated data on the quantity of junk mail generated and estimated the cost of disposal. By...learning of forecasted future growth or decline of junk mail as perceived by the suppliers of the "waste" generators...
- Marriage junk mail: its seductive promises of a better life fed my...
- Magazine article from: Marriage Partnership Barlett, Christa Rose December 22, 2007 700+ words
...lifelong happiness and freedom, I tossed the junk mail in the trash, determined not to consider it...Only this time, it was more treacherous junk mail--it was the deceptive junk mail of marriage. A sucker every minute If marriage...
- 7. Getting the Best of Junk Mail.(LEADERS & SUCCESS)(IBD'S 10 SECRETS TO...
- Magazine article from: Investor's Business Daily July 25, 2001 700+ words
...stack of catalogs, coupons and flyers. Junk mail can be a big distraction. But neglect...clear guidelines about what you consider junk mail (helps) so you don't have to make...getting a new credit card you consider junk mail, you or your assistant should be tearing...
- Why We Should Be Grateful For Posted Junk Mail.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire July 31, 2003 700+ words
...waving, but drowning; awash in a sea of junk mail. I look forward to receiving my post...one hand, I can make a good case for junk mail. It must be effective: enough people...who earn an honest living thanks to junk mail. And it could be that without it, there...
- Earth Day Rx: Slow Global Warming by Stopping Junk Mail.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire April 13, 2007 700+ words
Junk Mail Consumes More Energy Than 2.8 Million Cars FERNDALE, Mich...and effective way that everyone can make a difference: stop junk mail! The energy used for junk mail each year creates more greenhouse gas emissions than 2.8 million...
- 'STOP THE JUNK MAIL' KIT SOOTHES RAW NERVE OF AMERICAN PUBLIC; CUTS OUT...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire November 21, 1995 700+ words
...release of the Consumer Research Institute's Stop the Junk Mail(R) Kit. Guaranteed to stop the flood of anyone's unsolicited junk mail by at least 90 percent, the Stop the Junk Mail(R) Kit ($12.95, call 800-514- 2025, Internet...
Source: HighBeam Research, Americans Must Conserve Resources.