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August 27, 2007

Opt for paperless billing

Submitted by SiteEditor Read more 7 day challenge, daily challenge, eco-friendly, and living responsibly
Challenge Yourself for: 7 days

Over the next couple days, check in with your bank, utility companies, credit card companies, and insurance providers — or any other place that issues you a monthly statement. Ask them if they can switch you over to paperless billing. It’s a great way to save a few trees.

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  1. User_48
    kathygwyn1 about 1 year ago

    I contacted my bank this evening to make my statements online…

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    jinkiesd about 1 year ago

    I tried to do most of my billing on line and opted for the paperless statements. I have a folder full of old statements and they sure do take alot of room! Paperless means more space and less paper. If i have aproblem with a bill I can get a copy online. Easy!

  3. Colorfuldaisy
    rnirish about 1 year ago

    I have finally gotten all of my bills set up to pay on-line & I have almost all of them as paperless electronic notification via e-mail.

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    msturtle over 2 years ago

    Many of my bills are now paperless. I feel good about saving a few trees, however I would like all billing done online and it would really make a huge dent in saving paper. Not that I have many bills just, that many other bills not offering online billing. And we really need drastic changes to make the kind of difference required to save forests.

  5. User_48
    RoseRD over 2 years ago

    I have several of my bills on automatic billing and I really do like the fact that it saves me time, I will go throuugh the rest of the bill on get auto bill payments for them as well and save a few more trees.

  6. User_48
    cjklotz over 2 years ago

    Using my bank’s web billing capability, I was finally able to reduce the last two items that I needed to pay via paper check through the mail to zero. ALL of my bills are paid electronically; I have most of them set to automatic payment. One of the payoffs is that the records are available online at any time—no more searching through a stack of papers for the electric bill from three months ago!!

  7. User_48
    allegro over 2 years ago

    I’ve done paperless billing since 1988 when the only option was TELEPHONE bill pay. I dislike paper clutter.

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    tugey over 2 years ago

    I only receive one bill in the mail from the Cable company. I will go to that website and switch to paperless billing. Don’t think that I can stop my bank statements but will check into it.

  9. User_48
    Nayberry over 2 years ago

    I love paperless billing. Its the best thing since sliced bread. :)

  10. User_48
    waaaldooooo over 2 years ago

    i only receive online bills. half the time you can set it up to automatically deduct from your account. it makes life a little easier… and the world a little better.

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    nightdrive723 over 2 years ago

    I pay my bills and do all of my banking online! My student loans statement is also viewed and paid online!

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    tigeramy over 2 years ago

    I always liked the control of writing my own checks and sending them whenever I felt like it. There’s some feeling of a loss of control when it comes to just leaving it in the hands of the companies to take it our of your bank account or credit card. But…for the sake of the environment and so that I don’t get a packet full of useless paper every month…I’m doing everything direct deposit for ever bill that I possibly can.

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    newgreen2 over 2 years ago

    I only recieve online bills. :)