Tuesday, November 24, 2009

United States Postal Service - Change to Avoid Extinction

According to news reports on 11/16/09 - the service of the U.S. Post not escaped the effects of economic meltdown and suffered no net loss of $ 3.8 billion for fiscal 2009 .... after $ 6 billion in cost savings and $ 4 billion in reduced payments for retiree health benefits, the agency still employs over 712,000 people. "

US Postal Service Wins Top Environmental Award

The new sustainable initiatives implemented by the postal service have included a recycling program, green plants and an economic program in vehicle fuel.

The Postal Service mail which recycled program has been introduced in the 16,000 post offices and is credited with diverting an estimated 24,000 tons of recyclable paper from the banks. It is hard to estimate what percentage is it because there is no comprehensive list of post offices operating for the entire country.