May 14 2010
End paper receipts?
The Software Advice blog ran a poll about killing the paper receipt Check the plug for Alletronic
50% of forests have been cleared and 50% of that is for paper. 9 million trees a year, just for paper. It takes approximately 15 trees to produce a single ton of paper. Receipt paper demands in the US are 640,000 tons per year. This equates to 9,600,000 millions trees cut down each year just to produce paper receipts.
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