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What Is The Environmental Impact of Mail?

What is the environmental impact of mail?
Given that mail is used by virtually all environmental, consumer and nonprofit groups, it should be fairly obvious that mail has a minimal environmental impact. That said, no product or service is without impact, so it makes sense to ask two questions: How does mail relate to green concerns [...]

12Jul2008 | PGM | 2 comments | Continued
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Will Gas Prices Cause Stamp Hike?

The Postal Service reports that it operates “the largest civilian vehicle fleet in the world with more than 219,000 vehicles driving more than 1.2 billion miles each year and using nearly 121 million gallons of fuel.”
Seen another way, when the cost of gas goes up 15 cents per gallon then USPS expenses increase by $18,150,000.
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28May2008 | PGM | 0 comments | Continued