The average American household receives approximately 19 bills and statements and makes approximately 7 payments in paper form per month.
By switching to electronic bills, statements, and payments the average American household would:
• Save 6.6 pounds of paper
• Save 0.079 trees
• Avoid producing 171 pounds of greenhouse gases
Saving this amount of greenhouse gas is the equivalent of:
• The emissions avoided by not driving 169 miles
• The emissions avoided by not consuming 8.8 gallons of gasoline
• Planting 2 tree seedlings and allowing them to grow for 10 years
• Preserving 24 square feet of forest from deforestation
• Avoid releasing 63 gallons of wastewater into the environment
• Avoid using 4.5 gallons of gasoline to mail bills, statements, and payments
If 2 percent of American households switch to electronic bills, statements, and payments the collective impact would:
• Save 15,093,962 pounds of paper
• Save 181,128 trees
• Avoid producing 390,080,292 pounds (196,040 tons) of greenhouse gases
Saving this amount of greenhouse gas is the equivalent of:
• The emissions avoided by not driving 386,176,952 miles
• Taking 32,572 cars off the road
• The emissions avoided by not consuming 20 million gallons of gasoline
• Planting 4.5 million tree seedlings and allowing them to grow for 10 years
• Preserving 1,240 acres of forest from deforestation
• Avoid creating 143,960,137 gallons of wastewater
• Avoid creating enough wastewater to fill 218 Olympic-size swimming pools
• Avoid filling 859,733 household garbage bags with waste
• Avoid filling 614 garbage trucks with waste
• Avoid using 10,294,560 gallons of gasoline to mail bills, statements, and payments or the equivalent of driving from New York to LA and back 92 times.
If 5 percent of American households switch to electronic bills, statements, and payments the collective impact would:
• Save 37,734,904 pounds of paper
• Save 452,819 trees
• Avoid producing 980,200,729 pounds (490,100 tons) of greenhouse gases
Saving this amount of greenhouse gas is the equivalent of:
• The emissions avoided by not driving 956,442,379 miles
• Taking 81,430 cars off the road
• The emissions avoided by not consuming 51 million gallons of gasoline
• Planting 11 million tree seedlings and allowing them to grow for 10 years
• Preserving 3,110 acres of forest from deforestation
• Avoid creating 359,900,343 gallons of wastewater
• Avoid creating enough wastewater to fill 545 Olympic-size swimming pools
• Avoid filling 2,149,332 household garbage bags with waste
• Avoid filling 1,535 garbage trucks with waste
• Avoid using 25,736,400 gallons of gasoline to mail bills, statements, and payments or the equivalent of driving from New York to LA and back 229 times.
If 10 percent of American households switch to electronic bills, statements, and payments the collective impact would:
• Save 75,469,808 pounds of paper
• Save 905,638 trees
• Avoid producing 1,960,401,458 pounds (980,201 tons) of greenhouse gases
Saving this amount of greenhouse gas is the equivalent of:
• The emissions avoided by not driving 1,930,884,758 miles
• Taking 162,861 cars off the road
• The emissions avoided by not consuming 100 million gallons of gasoline
• Planting 22.8 million tree seedlings and allowing them to grow for 10 years
• Preserving 6,202 acres of forest from deforestation
• Avoid creating 719,800,685 gallons of wastewater
• Avoid creating enough wastewater to fill 1,090 Olympic-size swimming pools
• Avoid filling 4,298,664 household garbage bags with waste
• Avoid filling 3,071 garbage trucks with waste
• Avoid using 51,472,800 gallons of gasoline to mail bills, statements, and payments or the equivalent of driving from New York to LA and back 459 times.
If 20 percent of American households switch to electronic bills, statements, and payments the collective impact would:
• Save 150,939,615 pounds of paper
• Save 1,811,275 trees
• Avoid producing 3,920,802,916 pounds (1,960,402 tons) of greenhouse gases
Saving this amount of greenhouse gas is the equivalent of:
• The emissions avoided by not driving 3,861,769,517 miles
• Taking 325,722 cars off the road
• The emissions avoided by not consuming 200 million gallons of gasoline
• Planting 45.6 million tree seedlings and allowing them to grow for 10 years
• Preserving 12,405 acres of forest from deforestation
• Avoid creating 1,439,601,370 gallons of wastewater
• Avoid creating enough wastewater to fill 2,180 Olympic-size swimming pools
• Avoid filling 8,597,328 household garbage bags with waste
• Avoid filling 6,141 garbage trucks with waste
• Avoid using 102,945,600 gallons of gasoline to mail bills, statements, and payments or the equivalent of driving from New York to LA and back 918 times.
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Opting out of paper credit card statements is one way to protect the planet. But banks and financial institutions are beginning to build and offer a variety of "green" products that allow consumers to bank and use credit cards with environmental interests in mind.
