Sunday, January 31, 2010

Subsidizing Junk Mail in the Great Recession


"...Nearly half of all junk mail isn't even opened. Richard Conlin, Seattle City Council President: "From the city's perspective, it becomes garbage and we have to pay for disposing of it. And even if it's recycled, recycling still isn't as good as not having it in the waste stream at all."

The public's dislike for junk mail has hovered between 80% and 90% since the early 1990s..."    



This Article is From: www.huffingtonpost.com

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