In three months, I received 22 pounds of junk mail which measured nine inches. Of course it was placed in the recycle bin.

It would have been much better to have not received it in the first place.

Stop the Junk Mail Now!

This should amaze you. According to donotmail.org:

• Americans receive more than 100,000,000,000 pieces of junk mail per year.

• Junk mail accounts for one-third of all mail delivered in the world.

• 44 percent of it goes to landfills unopened.

• It takes over 100 million trees to produce the paper for junk mail - every year.

• The greenhouse gasses emitted in the manufacturing process is equivalent to what is produced by 9,372,000 passenger cars.

• The amount of junk mail generated annually equals 500,000 garbage truck loads.

• By the year 2010, almost 50% of the landfills is expected to be paper and paperboard waste.

The site further said that between 80 and 90% of the those polled are in favor of legislation which allows them to sign-up for a "Do Not Junk Mail Registry" list similar to the telephone "Do Not Call Registry " list which prohibits telemarketers from contacting you.

The image in this article is absolutely true. I received 22 pounds of junk mail between December 1, 2008 and February 28, 2009, or about 90 days. That is an average of just under eight pounds of junk mail per month.

I did not open, browse through, or read one single piece of this junk mail.

I have no issues with marketers trying to make a buck. None at all. Without marketers we would be far less informed in many ways.

I do have an issue with the senseless waste of natural resources which could be prevented with a simple Do Not Junk Mail Registry. If there was such a registry, I'd politely asked to be removed from the junk mailer's list and by doing so, I'd reduce the demand for paper by almost 100 pounds per year.

If one million people followed suit, that would be 100 million pounds less paper used which would save one million trees, per year

One million trees is a lot of breathing room.