Electronic invoices help protect the environment

The green environment protection process will have a significant change if electronic invoices are put into use. PayItGreen Alliance Alliance says the annual web-based transaction service of every American family helps preserve 0.09 square meters of forest trees.

Save paper

On average, US households receive 19 invoices and detailed 7 credit card transactions from financial companies and banks monthly. Thus, when converting to electronic invoices for transactions, the amount of paper saved by each family is about 2.99kg / year, corresponding to 0.08 trees saved and reduced by 77.6 kg. emissions, equal to emissions of cars undergoing journeys more than 271 Km discharge.

Every year, Americans spend up to 35 billion bills of all kinds.Photo: photobucket

According to the results of the EPA Environmental Assessment, each family using electronic bill transactions also avoids the elimination of 0.09 square meters of forest, and 238 liters of waste water. environment with 17 liters of gasoline for mail transport.

" Individuals often assume that their own actions are not permeable, but each person needs to reconsider their actors because even a small impact but contribute to them all has a significant effect ", member Craig Vaream of PayItGreen Alliance commented.

Encourage digitizing payment methods

Leading the alliance is the NACHA non-profit organization representing more than 11,000 financial service providers. The association is encouraging customers to conduct online transactions.

Established since 2007, the alliance's goal is to continuously promote the positive side of the electronic payment solution to replace traditional paper invoices.

Survey results show that every year, all Americans use 26 billion bills of all kinds and 9 billion orders for orders. That amount consumed 1.9 billion liters of fuel, more than 342 million tons of paper, equivalent to 9 million trees cut down as raw materials.

From that point on, if 10% of American families are disparaging paper bills, the most obvious benefit is that the reduction in emissions is equivalent to 162,861 cars absent from the street. Preserving 6,202 shouting forest and avoiding more than 2.7 billion liters of waste water and 3,071 trucks filled with waste paper.