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I absolutely can’t stand junk mail in any form. I receive so much junk mail both through email and by regular postal mail, that I have to spend at least 3-4 hours a week deleting, shredding and throwing out both types of junk mail. I am sure this is the case for most of us today, we get bombarded by spammers, emarketers and direct mailers all the time.

There are spam filters for our emails, however it much more difficult to control paper-based junk mail.

Here are some startling facts about paper-based junk mail according to donotmail.org, every year Americans receive close to 104.7 billion pieces of junk mail which requires to produce 6.5 million tons of paper. More than 30% of junk mail usually ends up in landfills.

Well, now there are some solutions for reducing paper-based junk mail.

I recently came across Catalog Choice that can help in reducing mailbox clutter, specifically catalogs that usually fill up my mailbox. Catalog Choice helps to eliminate catalogs that you don’t want to receive which can help to reduce paper waste and save trees, plus it is free. It is a great concept and I highly recommend it.

There is also GreenDimes that helps to reduce all your junk mail not just catalogs, which is also another good solution. GreenDimes also plants trees on your behalf when you sign up to their premium service.

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Is this too good to be true? Saving the environment and saving money. Not really, GreenPrint can help you to save money by eliminating unwanted pages when printing which saves paper, ink, millions of trees and much more. It also comes with a free PDF converter tool, which usually costs about $450 if you buy it from Adobe.com. I have used it on my computer and it really works well. You can actually see how much paper and money you have saved right on your desktop, it is just genius.

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Yahoo Green: Making the world green one-click at a time.

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Because of increasing gas prices in the US, so called “Green Cars” have taken off. There are different types of Green Cars: hybrids, hydrogen cars and electric cars. The 2007 Concept Green Cars at cnnmoney.com showcases some of best green cars from top brands. These cars not only offer bold styles but they also have amazing gas mileage and power.

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Read the whole article at Computerworld Magazine’s web site.

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Naturemill is a compost machine made for your home. You throw in there fish, fruits and vegetable peels and it spits out a compost ready to use in your garden. There are no odors or leakage with this machine. Truly genius! The price tag is $399. Visit their web site for details.

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What is E-Waste?

E-waste is discarded electronics equipment which could be your old computer, monitor, CDs, cellphone, batteries, printer, printer ink, appliances, TV and other electronics. These products all contain some level of toxic elements that affect the environment in many ways.

What’s the big deal?

In 2004 California Department of Public Safety estimated that there are 315 million obsolete computers in the United States. According to the EPA the United States alone produces over 2 million tons (exact figure: 2,124,400 tonnes/ per year) of electronic waste every year. These numbers are alarming considering that these numbers are growing every year, because there is so many new different types electronic products brought to market every year which creates more obsolete electronics that do not get recycled properly. Mercury, lead, and cadmium are some of the toxic substances in electronic equipment; these toxins can leak into groundwater and create cancer-producing dioxins when burned. If you want to know your yearly contribution to this e-waste, it is exactly 7.33 kg per year (16.15 pounds/year per person).

What can we do about it?

Recycle or donate your old electronics instead of throwing it into the garbage can. In some cases, when you donate your old equipment to certain non-profit organizations you can get a tax-deduction at the end of the year. So it is a win-win situation.

Here are some of the organizations that recycle e-waste:

• Call2Recycle
  Helps to recycle your rechargable batteries and cellphones.
• Earth911.org
  E-waste education & recycling center locator.
• wirelessrecycling.com
  Cell phone recycling fundraising program for charities.
• US Recycling
  Pays cash for used cell phones, empty printer cartridges, surplus printer supplies and old computer equipment.
• Charitable Recycling
  Old Cellphones are donated to medical patients, shelters for abused adults and children.
• Recycle for Breast Cancer
  National recycling effort that provides a free recycling program to benefit Breast Cancer.
• World Computer Exchange
  Brings recycled older working models of computers to poor countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America
• National Center for Electronics Recycling

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