The U.S. Postal service is looking to move away from petroleum based fuels as quickly as possible since a 1-cent increase in a gallon of fuel costs them an additional $8 million annually.
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Postal Service Looks to Replace 90% of Fleet With Alternative Fuel Vehicles : Gas 2.0
(via gas2.org)
Submitted by claybodie on Mon, 2008-07-28 17:34. | Tags: transportation | alternative fuels | Biodiesel | ethanol | fuel cells | gas prices | hybrids | Hydrogen | oil | postal service | transportation | USPS
Who Support Junk Mail?
(via ecolibris.blogspot.com)
Why the United States Postal Service is supportive of junk mail?
Submitted by raz on Fri, 2008-03-28 01:56. | Tags: business | catalog choice | eco-libris | ecolibris | junk mail | mail | USPS
USPS Cradle to Cradle The Greening of America's Postal Supply Chain
(via www.sustainableisgood.com)
An important story was overlooked when the US Postal Service (USPS) announced in June it had achieved Cradle to Cradle (C2C) certification at the Silver level for much of its Priority and Express mail packaging. The real story centers around the tremendous complexities faced by all parties involved in achieving a credible environmental certification.
Submitted by sustainableisgood on Thu, 2007-12-13 13:17. | Tags: business | cradle to cradle | USPS
