71 Post Offices to install recycling bins

SALT LAKE CITY — Seventy-one Post Offices from Logan to Moab will install new recycling bins.

"Read, Respond, Recycle" is the banner under which the USPS is reaching out to customers with a convenient, environmentally responsible alternative to bringing home or discarding their mail.

The new recycling bins are locked with a key and the opening is slim – about the width of a news magazine. Post Office Box customers are encouraged to open their mail (read), take whatever action is necessary (respond) and simply place the rest of their mail into the bin (recycle).

The 71 locations to install the bins will join 19 other Post Offices in Utah that have been participating in the program since early 2009. More than 8,200 Post Offices currently participate in the program nationwide. In 2009, the recycling program helped customers recycle 48 million pounds of paper.

More information on green initiatives and consumer products can be found at usps.com/green.