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I hate paper waste. I despise seeing shredded paper all over offices, stacks of useless files being thrown out etc. I find it offensive that we simply toss out paper as if it had no value at all. The majority of paper is not recycled, and is just thrown in the trash and therefore land filled.

I had a thought about 2 years ago where we would work an initiative to stop bulk junk mail. Who loves getting tons of paper in their mailbox daily that you never even look at? I hate it, and I thought if we could eliminate the BILLIONS of pounds of junk mail waste that we produce yearly, we may be able to make a dent in the clear cutting and absolute decimation of our world’s forests.

Today I was browsing for some tips on how to make a service like this, when I ran into Green Dimes which is a service that takes local area junk mail providers and allows you to remove yourself from their lists for up to 5 years.

This takes some time with their FREE service. You may want to set aside 30-60 minutes to complete all of the opt-out processes but I can assure you it is worth it if we can help reduce waste even a fraction of a percent.

This service really will help if we can spread the word. So if you liked it, tell a friend.

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Faced with a surge in the number of proposed solar power plants, the federal government has placed a moratorium on new solar projects on public land until it studies their environmental impact, which is expected to take about two years.

The Bureau of Land Management says an extensive environmental study is needed to determine how large solar plants might affect millions of acres it oversees in six Western states — Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah.

But the decision to freeze new solar proposals temporarily, reached late last month, has caused widespread concern in the alternative-energy industry, as fledgling solar companies must wait to see if they can realize their hopes of harnessing power from swaths of sun-baked public land, just as the demand for viable alternative energy is accelerating.

“It doesn’t make any sense,” said Holly Gordon, vice president for legislative and regulatory affairs for Ausra, a solar thermal energy company in Palo Alto, Calif. “The Bureau of Land Management land has some of the best solar resources in the world. This could completely stunt the growth of the industry.”

[Read more...] Source: NY Times