One household switching to electronic bills, statements, and payments can make a difference.

By switching to electronic bills, statements, and payments, the average American household can save these resources in one year [Project Performance Corp]1:

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 6.6 pounds of paper
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 171 pounds of greenhouse gases. This is the equivalent of not driving 169 miles; planting two trees and allowing them to grow for 10 years; or preserving 24 square feet of forest from deforestation.
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 63 gallons of water
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 4.5 gallons of gasoline

If an additional 20 percent of all American households would switch to electronic bills, statements, and payments, the collective impact per year would be:

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 Save 150,939,615 pounds of paper
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 Save 1,811,275 trees
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 Avoid creating enough wastewater to fill 2,180 Olympic-size swimming pools.
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 Avoid filling 6,141 garbage trucks with waste.
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 Avoid filling 8,597,328 household garbage bags with waste
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 Avoid producing 3,920,802,916 pounds (1,960,402 tons) of greenhouse gases. This is the equivalent of:
 
o Not driving 3,861,769,517 miles.
o Taking 325,722 cars off the road.
o The emissions avoided by not consuming 200 million gallons of gasoline.
o Planting 45.6 million tree seedlings and allowing them to grow for 10 years.
o Preserving 12,405 acres of forest from deforestation.
 
1  The PayItGreen Alliance