Going paperless

With the internet, it is so easy to go paperless. I personally enjoy the convenience of online banking and bill pay. It seems whenever you get a paper bill it is several pages long and includes several advertisements. All this information can be reviewed online at anytime while saving many trees and the resources used to deliver the bill to your mailbox. One of the largest sources of litter on our planet is receipts - like those from ATMs and gas stations. Market Watch calculated that if we taped together all of the receipts from the 8 billion ATM transactions each year in the United States, we'd get a roll more than 2 billion feet long -- enough to circle the equator 15 times. Now obviously there are some receipts you need - ones for items you may need to return or ones you need for tax purposes. For receipts that have made it to your home that you no longer need, be sure to shred and recycle them.