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Show HN: Wabi – Stop paper junk mail

6 points by chawei 6y ago

chawei 6y ago
I’ve started this project, Wabi (https://meetwabi.com https://meetwabi.com), to help people stop physical junk mail, get back control of your life, and ultimately reduce the waste and protect our beautiful Mother Earth. “Is there a way to unsubscribe all the junk mail?”, I asked myself when I saw a pile of coupons, catalogs, and mails in our living room. Then I started researching online, turns out there are ways to do that but are incredibly time-consuming. I want to build a platform that can help people not just reduce mails but eventually reduce stuff they don’t need, physically and mentally, and enjoy a simpler life. Currently, Wabi has been used by hundreds of people successfully and saved thousands of trees and counting. I want to invite all of you to join us and try it out. Feel free to leave a comment or PM me if you have any questions and suggestions. Thanks a lot, and let’s make this world a better place! P.S. it’s only available in the U.S. at this moment but let me know if you have similar problems in your country. P.P.S. According to the Center for Development of Recycling at San Jose State University, an American adult receives 41 pounds of junk mail per year. To produce this much paper requires cutting down somewhere between 80 million and 100 million trees annually. If left standing, these trees would absorb 1.7 million tons of CO2 a year.
ttymck 6y ago
From Privacy Policy: > The amount and type of information that Wabi gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up for a blog at https://meetwabi.com https://meetwabi.com to provide a username and email address. What does it mean to "sign up for a blog"?
- chawei 6y ago
  It used to be a blog. Thanks for letting me know.
KiranRao0 6y ago
I really like the idea behind this project. I'm quite curious how it works to unsubscribe you from mail.

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Show HN: Wabi – Stop paper junk mail

6 points by chawei 6y ago

chawei 6y ago
I’ve started this project, Wabi (https://meetwabi.com https://meetwabi.com), to help people stop physical junk mail, get back control of your life, and ultimately reduce the waste and protect our beautiful Mother Earth. “Is there a way to unsubscribe all the junk mail?”, I asked myself when I saw a pile of coupons, catalogs, and mails in our living room. Then I started researching online, turns out there are ways to do that but are incredibly time-consuming. I want to build a platform that can help people not just reduce mails but eventually reduce stuff they don’t need, physically and mentally, and enjoy a simpler life. Currently, Wabi has been used by hundreds of people successfully and saved thousands of trees and counting. I want to invite all of you to join us and try it out. Feel free to leave a comment or PM me if you have any questions and suggestions. Thanks a lot, and let’s make this world a better place! P.S. it’s only available in the U.S. at this moment but let me know if you have similar problems in your country. P.P.S. According to the Center for Development of Recycling at San Jose State University, an American adult receives 41 pounds of junk mail per year. To produce this much paper requires cutting down somewhere between 80 million and 100 million trees annually. If left standing, these trees would absorb 1.7 million tons of CO2 a year.
ttymck 6y ago
From Privacy Policy: > The amount and type of information that Wabi gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up for a blog at https://meetwabi.com https://meetwabi.com to provide a username and email address. What does it mean to "sign up for a blog"?
- chawei 6y ago
  It used to be a blog. Thanks for letting me know.
KiranRao0 6y ago
I really like the idea behind this project. I'm quite curious how it works to unsubscribe you from mail.