At DEFRA they send emails to the staff with tips on how to be 'greener'. One piece of advice is not to send greetings cards. Even delivery by hand is frowned upon, it's all those trees dearie. Apparently the advice is to phone in your good wishes. I suppose when granny is seeing out her last days she can always scan her old BT bills to remember all those birthday wishes she got from the grandkids.

I suggested to the person who told me about this that he should snatch every  magazine, newspaper or paperback from the hands of any DEFRA 'green' he spots. Think of the trees, the trees.