Don’t Be Afraid of Last-Minute Shopping, Ship Green This Holiday Season

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — With less than two weeks until winter holidays, Earth911.com and the U.S. Postal Service remind consumers that having an eco-friendly holiday season is a snap with information and tips provided by Earth911’s “Green Your Holidays” channel.

Looking for landfill alternatives for gift boxes and greeting cards? How about ways to save energy this winter and avoid lines to mail packages at your local Post Office? The Green Your Holidays channel has the holidays covered, in addition to providing a search engine of more than 100,000 locations in the U.S. and Canada to recycle holiday waste.

For those last-minute shoppers, there’s also a gift guide filled with presents made from recycled materials. The Postal Service is offering content on eco-friendly shipping, including its Cradle to Cradle program to utilize recyclable and compostable packaging.

Earth911.com and the Postal Service hope you will use this information to not only make your holiday season easier on the Earth, but also help to jump start a great, green New Year.

About Earth911.com

Earth911.com delivers actionable local information on recycling and product stewardship that empowers consumers to act locally, live responsibly and contribute to sustainability. Both the Earth911.com site and 1-800-CLEANUP toll-free hotline are provided at no cost to the user or taxpayer. Earth911.com centralizes information and resources into a single user-friendly, neutral and non-governmental network.

About the U.S. Postal Service

An independent federal agency, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation, 146 million homes and businesses, six days a week. It has 37,000 retail locations and relies on the sale of postage, products and services, not tax dollars, to pay for operating expenses. The Postal Service has annual revenue of $75 billion and delivers nearly half the world’s mail.