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  1. Make sure you recycle all other unwanted mail/telephone directories.
  2. http://www.newdream.org/junkmail/index.php: information on reducing junk mail and ways to ask Congress for a national "Do Not Junk registry"
  3. EcoLogical Mail Coalition (http://www.ecologicalmail.org/) helps businesses stop mail addressed to former employees.
  4. CatalogChoice.org is a nonprofit organization that removes your name from specific catalog lists.
  5. OptOutPrescreen.com allows you to opt out of pre-approved credit card and insurance offers online or 1-888-5-OPTOUT.
  6. DirectMail.com provides a free and quick way to get your name off commercial mailing lists.
  7. www.YellowPagesGoesGreen.org allows you to remove your home or office from receiving telephone directories.
  8. Every day, 250,000 homes could be heated from a single day's accumulated junk mail!
  9. Author discusses leadership for an uncertain time at USF http://www.stpt.usf.edu/bishopcenter/wheatley.htm
  10. Every week, we typically receive 1.5 personal letters and 11 pieces of junk mail!
  11. Every year in the US, households receive 540 million unsolicited phone books creating an additional 650,000 tons of trash.
  12. Every year, junk mail consumes100 million trees or approximately 550,000 tons of paper!
  13. Every year, junk mail uses as much energy as almost three million cars!
  14. Every year, the US EPA estimates 44% of junk mail isn’t even opened, creating four tons of waste!
  15. We’re eco-conscious at home, let’s do the same while at work - http://shar.es/a7K2O
  16. Every year, each of us receives almost 560 pieces of junk mail, accounting for 43% of all delivered mail!
  17. Go to http://takebackmytv.com and ask electronics manufacturers to take back their old televisions.
  18. When buying new electronics equipment, make sure to replace with Energy Star products (http://www.energystar.gov).
  19. Contact Pinellas County Solid Waste at (727) 464-7500 to find where you can drop off your old electronics.
  20. Donate your unwanted electronics to a thrift store, a church, synagogue or school.