41pounds.org - Reclaim your mailbox

Spam in your inbox is annoying but junk in your mailbox is polluting the environment. The team at 41pounds.

org is dedicated to helping households cut down on the junk mail that is delivered daily. Complaining about sweepstakes and credit card letters is a thing of the past, now that we can complain about spam, but the fact is we are still receiving mountains of unwanted paper that have a toxic effect on the Earth. Companies who send out junk mail are wasting valuable resources such as trees and water and emit greenhouse gasses in production. Recycling is clearly a great solution, however, the ink in junk mail has high concentrations of heavy metals, which makes it a challenge to recycle. For a small price, 41pounds.org will eliminate 80-90% of junk mail received by contacting 20-30 companies that are responsible for the most common types of junk mail (i.e. credit card companies, sweepstakes, etc.). By cutting down the amount of junk mail you receive, you can save 1.7 trees, 700 gallons of water and stop 460 pounds of CO2 from being released into our atmosphere.