paperless billing

When doing some clean up in my basement the other day I decided to go through this big pile of paper that I had on my computer desk. I got amazed by the amount of publicity I found in this pile. These papers were old telephone bills and stuff like that but at least 3/4 of it all consisted of publicity flyers that companies inserted in the envelopes containing the bills.

Americans receive about 26 billion bills and 9 billion paper statements in their mailbox each year. That equals…

755 million lbs of paper! 9 million trees! 512 million gallons of gas to deliver them! 19.6 BILLION lbs of greenhouse gas emissions!

AT&T has gone to the trouble of informing iPhone users every last bit of data sent and received even though all users are on an unlimited data usage plan. Although it may seem funny at first, the waste of paper and resources exhibited results in bills that are 52 pages long creating a mountain of mail that is unlikely to be recycled. Switch to electronic, paperless billing now.

Many companies now provide paperless billing which is a great way to help the environment, and in some cases save money in the process. Signing up to paperless billing only takes a matter of minutes and by doing so you will help to reduce your carbon footprint.