It happens to the best of us. We order one item as a birthday or wedding gift for an aunt or friend and the next thing we know, we've been added to a mailing list and our mail... read full tip

It happens to the best of us. We order one item as a birthday or wedding gift for an aunt or friend and the next thing we know, we've been added to a mailing list and our mailboxes are stuffed with catalogs for clothing, gadgets, and home furnishings.

For an easy and inexpensive way to go green, check out www.catalogchoice.org. According to their website, "Catalog Choice is a free service that lets you decline paper catalogs you no longer wish to receive." Registration is simple and there are hundreds of catalogs available from which you can opt-out.

If paper catalogs were eliminated all together, more than 8 million tons of trees would be saved-that's more than 170 times the weight of the Titanic.

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