usps.com/green Even More Dynamic



WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Postal Service has just
amped up its cyber presence. Today the agency unveiled a slick new version of
its green website, usps.com/green. First launched in 2008, the improved version
is an attention-getter for people who care about the environment.



No tickets are needed for the usps.com/green cyber tour, which transports
visitors to forests where 1.7 million new trees are planted each day to replace
what's harvested. There's a place for children to learn how to create green
family trees and great tips anyone can use to make the home environment more
renewable.



Take a visual stroll through the Postal Service's greenest hits. Get 100 percent
free, 100 percent recyclable Priority Mail and Express Mail packaging supplies
delivered directly to your home or office at no charge. The Postal Service is
the only mailing and shipping company in America to be Cradle to Cradle(TM)
certified for the environmental and health standards of its packaging. Postal
Service packaging supplies are so green, the half billion pieces provided to
customers last year prevented more than 15,000 tons of carbon emissions. That's
equal to the amount from 2,747 average vehicles driving on the road for a year.



In October 2009, the Postal Service became the first federal agency to report
its carbon emissions. Find out more about the Postal Service's carbon footprint
at usps.com/green. Learn how to calculate savings and help the environment by
mailing and shipping from the online Post Office that is always open.



"Friends of the environment will find smart tools on usps.com/green to measure
their carbon emissions and create individual conservation plans," said Sam
Pulcrano, vice president of Sustainability. "The Skip the Trip calculator shows
how to save money, fuel and energy by using our easy online services. It's
another way the Postal Service helps customers make greener choices about their
mail."



The Postal Service has made recycling a priority. The agency recycled 274,000
tons of paper, plastics and other waste in 2008, enough to fill up the Empire
State Building one and a half times. On usps.com/green everyone can recycle.
From small electronics and ink jet cartridges through the mail, to larger items
at any of 100,000 recycling centers around the country, the Postal Service makes
it easy to go green!



The revampedusps.com/green is one of many environmental achievements in 2009,
including:



    --  Saving $3 million and nearly 100 million kilowatts in an agency-wide
        energy challenge
    --  Avoiding $1.05 million in costs via green information technology
        initiatives
    --  Helping customers divert 24,000 tons of paper from landfills by
        recycling in 6,000 Post Office lobbies
    --  Increasing alternative fuel use 61 percent since 2005
    --  Using electric, propane and natural gas delivery vehicles and retiring
        10,000 non-energy efficient vehicles


Since 1995, the Postal Service has won more than 75 major environmental awards,
including 40 White House Closing the Circle awards for environmental
stewardship, the 2009 Climate Action Champion award, the Direct Marketing
Association Echo Green Award and the 2009 Postal Technology International
Environmental Achievement of the Year award.



The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses, and relies on
the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.



Please Note: for broadcast quality video and audio, photo stills and other media
resources, visit the USPS Newsroom at www.usps.com/news.



A self-supporting government enterprise, the U.S. Postal Service is the only
delivery service that reaches every address in the nation, 150 million
residences, businesses and Post Office Boxes. The Postal Service receives no
direct support from taxpayers. With 36,000 retail locations and the most
frequently visited website in the federal government, the Postal Service relies
on the sale of postage, products and services to pay for operating expenses.
Named the Most Trusted Government Agency five consecutive years and the sixth
Most Trusted Business in the nation by the Ponemon Institute, the Postal Service
has annual revenue of more than $68 billion and delivers nearly half the world's
mail. If it were a private sector company, the U.S. Postal Service would rank
26th in the 2008 Fortune 500.



SOURCE U.S. Postal Service