The PayItGreen Alliance, a nonprofit group promoting the environmental benefits of online billing and payments, produced a study to demonstrate the environmental impact one household can have by switching from paper to online. Stuart Williams, Director of Payment Services at CheckFree/Fiserv and a member of the PayItGreen Alliance, said the average American household would, every year:
- Save 0.08 trees
- Save 6.6 pounds of paper
- Not release 63 gallons of wastewater
- Save 4.5 gallons of gasoline for transportation
- Not produce 171 pounds of greenhouse gases
If 2% of American households switched from paper to online bills, payments and statements, it would save 15 million pounds of paper, and be equivalent to taking 32,572 cars off the road. If 20% of households switched, it would save 150 million pounds of paper and avoid producing 3.9 billion pounds of greenhouse gases!
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