1. Eco-friendly Products and Services
  2. Greening Your Mail
  3. Recycle
  4. Innovation
  5. Direct and Green
  • We help keep it green. We're everywhere in America. So we can make a big difference.
  • Green choices? Sure! You can recycle ink cartridges, CFL bulbs and small electronics through the mail! And send them in environmentally friendly boxes and envelopes!
  • Recycle it! We do! We keep 200,000 tons of paper, plastic, cardboard and cans out of landfills every year.
  • Driven to be green. We have over 43,000 alternative fuel-capable vehicles.
  • We help make more direct mail green. Direct mail has a higher return on investment than other mass communications. And our packaging and mailing tips make it green too.

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Leaving a green footprint

We’ve been planet friendly for a long time. Alternative fuel-capable vehicles — we’ve got ’em by the thousands. Eco-friendly products, have those too. Recycling. Done it for years.

And other delivery companies hand off their packages to us to deliver to your door — saving fuel and energy.

electric vehicles, then and now

Charged up and ready to deliver

Electric vehicles might be one of the hottest things now in green technology, but USPS has been using them for more than a hundred years.

Green ideas for direct mailers

What’s your earth impact?

Visit EarthLab.com to determine your carbon footprint and create your own conservation plan.

2008 Sustainability Report

Discover how we're delivering a greener tomorrow in this inaugural report on our sustainability efforts.

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Delivering on climate change

USPS is the first federal agency to publicly report its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and to receive third party verification of the results.

Did you know…

We use recycled fiberglass, natural lighting, thermal windows and solar electric systems. We also have one of the nation’s largest green roofs.

USPS New York green roof