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As part of its ongoing commitment to sustainability and environmental leadership, the Postal Service voluntarily conducted an inventory of its greenhouse gas emissions. And, at one-tenth of 1 percent of the total greenhouse gas emissions in America, that’s pretty green for an agency with 220,000 vehicles and 34,000 facilities.

Sam Pulcrano is the vice president of Sustainability for the Postal Service.

PULCRANO SOUNDBITE:

WE’RE GREENER THAN YOU THINK. FROM THE LARGEST CIVILIAN FLEET OF ALTERNATIVE-FUEL CAPABLE VEHICLES AND LEED-CERTIFIED BUILDINGS TO RECYCLING A QUARTTER MILLION OF TONS OF PAPER AND PLASTIC ANNUALLY, THE POSTAL SERVICE IS COMMITTED TO SUSTAINABILITY.

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The Postal Service has been honored with more than 70 major environmental awards, including 40 White House Closing the Circle awards for environmental stewardship, the 2009 Climate Action Champion award and the Postal Technology International Environmental Achievement of the Year award.

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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 tax dollars. 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.