| Save Trees - Pay Bills Online | 09 April 08 |
 PayItGreen Alliance, representing more than 11,000 financial institutions, commissioned a study to determine a household's environmental impact from bill paying. The study found that 26 billion bills and statements and 9 billion payments are sent by paper mail each year in the USA, consuming 755 million pounds of paper, 9 million trees and 512 million gallons of water.Switching to electronic bills, statements, and payments, saves the average family in the US 6.6 pounds of paper per year. This equates to real environmental savings of 0.08 trees, 171 pounds of greenhouse gases, 63 gallons of wastewater, and 4.5 gallons of gasoline for mailing each year. "Even small contributions can have an impact when aggregated," said Craig Vaream, a member of the PayItGreen Alliance and JPMorgan Chase. Canadians are able to reduce paper waste through Epost - a web-based service that delivers the mail online for Canada Post, allowing Canadians to receive, review, pay and manage mail electronically. Manitoba Hydro, City of Winnipeg, and Canadian corporations including Hudson's Bay Company and Canadian Tire can be paid through Epost. Reduce junk mail by 80 percent by signing up for the Canadian Marketing Association's Do Not Contact service and calculate your own financial paper footprint on The Alliance's website at www.payitgreen.org. View March 27, 2008 Reuters article View March 18, 2008 Business Wire article View March 27, 2008 Forest Ethics article Visit PayItGreen website View March 14, 2008 Winnipeg Free Press article (DOC) View City of Winnipeg, Water and Waste Online Billing through Epost View Manitoba Hydro Online Billing through Epost View Canadian Marketing Association Do not contact list Sources: Reuters, Business Wire, Winnipeg Free Press, PayItGreen Alliance |
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