[suziequeue]

Just been down to the post box and picked up the post.

You know - when I was a kid and even into adulthood - getting post was nice. Letters always contained something interesting or awaited (even if it was a form or a brochure or something).

Nowadays, dealing with the post has become something of a chore. I find myself "processing" whatever comes in the mail.

I open everything and tear out the windows from the window envelope then I sort it into:

stuff that I actually want to look at/action (by far the smallest pile)
glossy paper for recycling (by far the biggest pile)
plain paper with not too much coloured print on it for shredding and composting
windows of the window envelopes go in the bin
plastic wrappers go in the plastic recycling
magazines and seed catalogues go in the bottom loo

So - six piles of stuff of which one small pile has any use 

[Bionic]

Suziequeue, you do much more with yours than I do, I am ashamed to say. Yes, I do take the plastic windows out of envelopes and that goes in the rubbish pile but the majority of the rest of the post (as its mostly junk mail) goes in the recycling bin.
It would be lovely to get a 'proper' letter with some news in it.

[Fowgill Farm]

Ditto here too, sometimes our little box at the ned of the drive is bulging with post and i get all excited only to be disappointed when 90% of it goes in the recycling bag and the rest are bills!
Its still lovely to get a letter or a card, last week somebody i helped with their pigs sent me a lovely card of thanks and it made me feel all happy and warm inside .
Mandy

[Lesley Silvester]

I had a proper letter a couple of weeks ago - handwritten envelope, the lot. Hadn't had one of those for ages.

I shred suitable paper to make goat bedding, then it goes on the manure heap. Everything else gets recycled. We can't recycle plastic bags though.

[happygolucky]

We get some strange mail as the post man/women must get fed and put the letters they have left through our box....anyway, I do sometimes get lovely hand written letters from people who used to live here, that's very nice, all the other stuff goes in the fire bucket, sort of recycling I suppose!