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So, we're Recycling Jackson, and every quarter we send out paper newsletters through the mail. We also print new brochures every year or so.

There's a bit of irony there. And we'd like to help end that.

That's why we're developing an e-mail list so that, if you're interested in receiving our newest newsletter, brochure, or update on e-waste drives, you can get it without any harm done to the environment.

Duh, right?

If you're interested, please send us an e-mail to: recyclingjackson [at] yahoo [.] com

We're not going to spam you, or send you stuff every week (maybe not even every month), but we would like to develop a list of hardcore supporters who are interested in hearing the latest and greatest from Recycling Jackson.

Thanks, and hope to see your e-mails soon!

Renew mag subscriptions online, save a tree

A thought occurred to me today, just as I was about to drop two magazine subscription renewal envelopes in the mailbox:

Why not do this online?

I subscribe to two monthly magazines, Wired and Harper's, and both have been bugging me for months to renew my subscription. Harper's even sent me a letter saying that, by renewing early, I could save them the cost of several more notices.

Now I realize what a smart idea that was. Renew early and save the company postage and printing costs AND save on the fuel it takes to ship that envelope from Red Oak, Iowa to my apartment in Jackson, Michigan. Harper's wins, and so does the environment.

But then I thought, shucks, I betcha I could do this online. Sure enough, both sites had a renewal section. All I needed was my name and address, and a debit card, and in two minutes both subscriptions were renewed. No postage needed, no mail infrastructure to engage, no check to write, no yucky envelope taste on my tongue.

I should've thought of this a long time ago...

This blog doesn't come from trees.

But paper towels do.



Hence the idea behind the These Come from Trees movement - an effort to save on paper towel usage.

You can buy a set of stickers that goes to help the Sierra Club, and TCFT have found the stickers - which are a kind of culture jam - reduce towel usage by about 15%.

No trees were harmed in the writing of this post.