Americans receive more than four million tons of junk mail every year. Most of the junk mail ends up in our landfill with about 50% not even opened! If 100,000 families stopped unwanted junk mail, 150,000 trees could be saved in one year.

You can have your name removed from mailing lists by sending a postcard to: Mail Preference Service, Direct Mail Marketing Association, P.O. Box 9008, Farmingdale, NY 11735-9008 and ask that your name be removed from the mailing lists being sold to the major mailing list companies. The next time you order from a catalog or send a donation to a non-profit organization, ask them not to sell your name to other companies.

Rent or borrow equipment that is seldom used.

Look in the local telephone directory for equipment rental shops.

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