Is your mailbox often crammed full of catalogs selling everything from bath towels to kitchen cutlery?  A quick look at your coffee table or magazine rack should give you an idea of how much junk mail Americans receive on a daily basis.  Here’s the hard truth: almost 40 percent of what we throw away everyday is unwanted paper. (Source: Recycling-Revolution)

If you want to bump up your green living efforts and stamp out junk mail, here are a few links to get your started:

ProQuo:  ProQuo is a free junk mail elimination service that claims to stop 90% of your junk mail by removing your name from junk mail lists.

Green Dimes: Green Dimes is a free service to stop junk mail, and according to their website, they’ll even pay you a buck to sign up.

Stop Junk Mailing. Com:  This is a paid service ($25) that also claims to stop 90% of junk mail.

Don’t forget to recycle junk mail that does manage to make it to your door.