Green Options » Do Not Mail registry http://greenoptions.com/tag/do-not-mail-registry Posts tagged 'Do Not Mail registry' Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:12:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en The Monster That Comes to Your Door http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/10/11/the-monster-that-comes-to-your-door/ http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/10/11/the-monster-that-comes-to-your-door/#comments Sun, 12 Oct 2008 03:12:04 +0000 Derek Markham http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/10/11/the-monster-that-comes-to-your-door/ LandfillWhich product:

  • Is produced at the rate of 100 billion per year, almost 850 per household, just in the US?
  • Goes directly to the trash, unused, 44% of the time?
  • Consumes 100 million trees, or 6.5 million tons of paper?
  • Produces greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to 10 million cars, or 11 coal-burning power plants?
  • Trashes the environment and contributes to global warming with 51 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent?
  • Has an effectiveness rating of less than 3%?
  • Would 90% of people gladly do without?

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