Feature Article #1
Mail Means 8,300,000 Jobs Inside Our Borders
One of the largest industries in America is virtually unknown, yet it anchors more than 8,300,000 jobs and is related to the production of goods and services worth $1.2 trillion. (For details, see the 2008 Economic Jobs Study Final Report) Our Founders had vision: the postal system in this country is so important that it’s [...]
Feature Article #2
Ad Mail Hits Record in 2007, Still-Higher Growth Seen in 2008
New figures from advertising authority Robert Coen show that advertisers used mail at record levels in 2007. Mail spending rose 4.0 percent in 2007 to $60.998 billion, according to Coen, senior vice president, director of forecasting with Universal McCann, one of the largest advertising agencies in the world, In the December 2007 issue of his [...]
Feature Article #3
Ecology: Why Every Major Green Group Uses Mail
Every major environmental and consumer organization uses the mailstream to raise money, gain members, promote its vision and distribute information. Larger groups send out tens of millions of items annually. When asked if Greenpeace was contributing to the nation’s environmental problems because the group uses direct mail, Peter Bahouth, a former Greenpeace executive director, once [...]
Feature Article #4
The Truth About America’s Landfill Glut
For many years the media has published innumerable stories which worry that we are running out of landfill space. Such stories properly raise public concerns and have required virtually every community to look at landfill issues. But if it’s fair to raise questions about landfill capacity then it’s equally fair to provide some answers. Are [...]
Feature Article #5
Mail, Trees & Common Sense
Many people are concerned with the preservation of forest land and with good reason: Forests are beautiful, they produce vast quantities of oxygen, they are home to innumerable animals and they are part of our heritage. There’s no question that mail is regarded as a paper-based product, and so it’s fair to ask: How does [...]









