The Postal Service is actively integrating environmental business practices into day-to-day operations. We understand that our customers also prioritize sustainability, and we want to do our part to be a good neighbor and help them reach their green goals.
We’ve decreased energy use at our facilities by 33 percent since 2003. We did this through a combination of energy audits, improvements to facility infrastructure and by mobilizing more than 1,300 employee-led Lean Green Teams throughout the Postal Service.
Since 2008, we’ve cut our greenhouse gas emissions by 12 percent, or 1.6 million metric tons. This reduction is comparable to the Postal Service using 3 million fewer barrels of oil. We’ve also diverted approximately 40 percent of solid waste to recycling since 2008 and have begun to implement a program that will increase this number to nearly 95 percent over the next five years.
