The U.S. Postal Service said on Friday it plans to raise the price of a first-class postage stamp to 58 cents, from 55 cents, to offset falling revenues as volumes drop.

In the past 10 years, mail volume has sunk 28%, USPS said in a statement, and is continuing to fall.

Prices for postcards, international letters and other services will increase as well, effective Aug. 29.

Good. I get way too much mail, almost all of my paper trash. Almost all is junk mail and while some of it gets reused it generally doesn't burn very well and is a waste of trees and all the effort that goes into making something that I have no use for.