USPS announced that the U.S. Postal Service Governors on Wednesday made Parcel Service Return (PRS) a permanent mailing option. The Board of Governors voted to make the change effective on April 2, 2006.

According to USPS, Parcel Return Service was “Launched as a two-year experiment in October 2003, the service offers a cost-effective way for merchants to obtain items their customers choose to return. It provides added convenience to customers through a specially designed, prepaid return label that can be included in the original packages, mailed to customers, or made available for a customer to download via the Internet.”