The Postal Service is the top choice for customers who want to go green and save green this holiday season. Here are five ways USPS helps customers reduce their carbon footprints:
Green Packaging — USPS offers Priority Mail and Express Mail supplies, a majority of ReadyPost boxes, envelopes and labels — all Cradle to Cradle Certified. Priority Mail and Express Mail supplies are available at Post Offices or may be delivered at no charge by ordering at usps.com.
Green Postage — All products, including stamps, personalized envelopes and stamped postal cards, are now Cradle to Cradle Certified. Festive holiday stamps and a large assortment of custom holiday cards can be found in the Postal Store at usps.com.
Green Shipping — Save fuel this Yule by going to usps.com to order free shipping supplies, print shipping labels and pay for postage. Skip the trip and save time, money and fuel.
Green Delivery — USPS has the largest civilian fleet in the world — 216,000 vehicles. These include three-wheeled electric vehicles, 30 large all-electric trucks in Manhattan and alternative fuel-capable vehicles that can operate on compressed natural gas, propane, ethanol, and fuel cell.
Recycling — Secure recycle bins in more than 10,000 Post Office lobbies make it easy for customers to read, respond and recycle their PO Box mail. The Postal Service last year recycled 225,000 tons of paper, plastics and other waste which avoided more than 700,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions.
For more information about the Postal Service’s green efforts, go to usps.com/green and the green newsroom.
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