August 4 declutter

Blogger won't let me upload my picture right now, so you'll have to take my word on this one. I did the "in" basket where we put mail. We glance through and pull out bills to be paid, but then we throw everything else into the basket by the door. Every so often, we go through and recycle or shred as needed. It needles me that our society wastes so much paper on junk mail. I also took care of one piece of junk mail permanently--I called the number on the back of a catalog and asked to be removed from their mailing list. Ironically, this company features many products that are eco-friendly or made from recycled materials. So why aren't they saving paper by not mailing out catalogs?