"By paying $41 one can save 1.7 trees and 700 gallons of water, and prevent 460 pounds of carbon dioxide from being released into the air over a period of five years." "Describing his company as an environmental company, Sander DeVries, one of the three co-founders, said the main motivation of the business is being earth-friendly. "Our main goal is to save as many trees as possible," he said. The name of the business came from the statistic that most adults receive on average 41 pounds of unwanted junk mail every year. And 44 percent of that junk sits in landfills, clogging up the environment." "So far 41pounds.org has about 150-200 subscribers and DeVries said they estimate they've saved about that many trees." » original news
Sep 19, 2006
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"By paying $41 one can save 1.7 trees and 700 gallons of water, and prevent 460 pounds of carbon dioxide from being released into the air over a period of five years." "Describing his company as an environmental company, Sander DeVries, one of the three co-founders, said the main motivation of the business is being earth-friendly. "Our main goal is to save as many trees as possible," he said. The name of the business came from the statistic that most adults receive on average 41 pounds of unwanted junk mail every year. And 44 percent of that junk sits in landfills, clogging up the environment." "So far 41pounds.org has about 150-200 subscribers and DeVries said they estimate they've saved about that many trees." » original news
