End Paper Receipts
Software Advice is hosting a poll to end paper receipts. Remarkably,
9,600,000 trees are cut down each year just to produce paper receipts.
To top that, the amount of CO2 emitted by producing one ton of receipt
paper - just one - is equivalent to the amount of exhaust a car emits
while driving for an entire year.
Paper receipts are a remnant
of the past. With today's electronic alternatives, there is no reason
why consumers or retailers need paper receipts. Electronic versions are
not only legal and valid, but much more efficient. So what's keeping
retailers and consumers from adopting electronic receipts?
The
main problem is inertia. There are millions of consumers and retailers,
and getting everyone to change their ways isn’t easy. We need strong
incentives to move to electronic receipts, primarily monetary. To see a
list of potential motivators and take the poll, head to:
Please Kill the Paper ReceiptThe
idea of getting rid of receipts is an interesting one, especially
because they are so prevalent in our everyday live. However, in this
era of modern technology, the question begs to ask whether or not we
really need the paper trail at all?
Please pass this mail to as many people as possible. As a member of 'Avyayam', this is your duty.
Cheers,
The Avyayam team,
www.avyayam.org (Register yourself at this website to become a member of this organisation)
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“Never doubt that a small
group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed,
it is the only thing that ever has”-Margaret Mead