I was trying to find my keys today and I had so much “stuff” laying out that I couldn’t find them for 15 minutes. Guess where they where?! Underneath a pile of JUNK MAIL!!!
Take a look at these interesting facts about the “stuff” we have in our lives…excerpted from No Wire Hangars
FACTS
Each year, 100 million trees are used to produce junk mail.
Each year, about 100 million households receive 16.6 billion catalogs.
According to a study conducted by a Boston marketing firm, the average American burns 55 minutes a day looking for things they know they own but cannot find.
Americans toss out more than 100 million cell phones every year.
We wear 20% of the clothes we own 80% of the time. The rest hangs there, just in case.
Ikea did a survey of customers in which 31% reported that they were more satisfied after clearing out their closets then they were after sex.
About 3.5 billion wire hangers get dumped into U.S. landfills every year, according to the Hanger Network. Thats about 60,000 cars.
The National Soap and Detergent Association believes getting rid of clutter would eliminate 40 percent of the housework in the average home.
In the United States right now, landfills are filling up and closing at the rate of approximately 2 a day.
jessiebr Said:
on July 23, 2009 at 6:20 am
Don’t forget to recycle that junk mail instead of tossing it!