On Sun, 2003-07-06 at 17:35, der.hans wrote:
> Am 06. Jul, 2003 schwätzte Dennis Kibbe so:
> 
> > Actually many of us ARE having a cow over junk mail.
> >
> > "The environmental impact of junk mail is substantial. . . Individually,
> > an average of 41 pounds are sent to every adult. About 44 percent goes
> > unread directly into the garbage and 93 percent of junk mail will be
> > discarded ultimately. Americans spend over $275 million to dispose of
> > junk mail."
> >
> > Junk Mail: Unsolicited Advertising that Pollutes Our Planet and Invades
> > Our Privacy by Michael Worsham
> >
> > http://www.rtis.com/reg/bcs/pol/touchstone/April95/junkml.htm
> 
> The Tempe post offices ( 5th St and Mill in downtown and Southern and
> College ) have collection bins for recycling mail. I take all of my mail
> back in for recycling when I'm done with it. I don't know if there are any
> other post offices in town that accept mail for recycling. I haven't seen
> collection bins at the other post offices I've been to. Call your local post
> office and ask when they expect to start collecting mail for recycling.
> 
> ciao,
> 
> der.hans

Thanks hans, I didn't know that. I've never seen a recycling bin at the
Fountain Hills PO. To quote further from Mick's article:

"Junk mail is not very recyclable. In 1990, only 200,000 tons out of 3.8
million tons of junk mail were recycled. Workers at a N.J. mill must
sort from junk mail all the "shampoo samples, watches, T-shirts, tea
bags and other surprises that don't make good paper." Heavy metals in
colored inks do not degrade and eventually re-enter the environment."