Enter the resident mailbox 28 billion yuan each year!The Germans call on the government to "control the advertising leaflet"

[Global Times Comprehensive Report] Are you bored with the advertising leaflets of "seeing sewing pins"? The same is true of Germans. According to the Voice of Germany reports on the 19th, the German Environment Action Organization called on the government to crack down on "a large number of advertising leaflets" through new laws because they waste resources and pollute the environment.

The report quoted the estimated data of the organization that in Germany alone, 28 billion advertising leaflets entered the resident's mailbox each year, and each resident had an average opportunity to harass the advertising leaflet every day. Barbara Mez, the head of the German Environmental Action Organization, said: "We cannot bear the cost of printing advertisements that eventually have been thrown into the trash bin." Talents who are open to advertising continue to receive advertising leaflets. The organization said that taking Amsterdam in the Netherlands as an example, after implementing similar measures in 2018, Amsterdam saved 6,000 tons of paper and hundreds of waste treatment. The organization said that if the "selection of joining" law in Germany will reduce up to 500,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions each year.

At present, German residents can reject advertising leaflets by labeling on their mailboxes on their mailboxes, but this request is sometimes ignored by the courier.

It is reported that passing relevant laws in Germany may not be a simple task. The German Ministry of Justice has pointed out legal obstacles, such as the freedom of advertising in the constitution.

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