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 Saving the Catalog Trees Caught a nice segment on NPR's 'All Things Considered' yesterday about www.catalogchoice.org. What do they do? Help the masses bombarded with unwanted merchandise catalogs. What caught my attention were the statistics. How many catalogs are sent out each year? 19 Billion! How many trees are harvested to print these catalogs? 53 million. Once upon a time, in a time-space continuum where the internet did not exist, I actually did much of my Xmas shopping through hard copy catalogs. Yes, I am an old human. But with the advent of the web, what's the point? A merchant's most current product info is found on that merchant's web site, not the catalog. Between my wife and I, we get several dozen catalogs each year we never touch. I've felt guilty about it but figured the problem was too much of a hassle to do anything about. Not any more. The best part of the deal, catalogchoice.org is free. There are other web sites out there in cyberspace who charge for the same service. Here is one that charges $15.95. Get off your ass and save a few trees! (Note to self.) 11/24/2007. Add Comment Permalink
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