how will moving to a paperless society make a life more convenient
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Economic Savings. The beauty of going paperless is that it not only saves the environment but it also saves companies a lot of money. By automating business processes and transitioning to more eco-friendly workflow solutions, companies can saves tens, hundreds, and millions of dollars this year, and every year.
The idea of a paperless office, and more broadly a paperless society, has been percolating for a half century. Paper, after all, is an old technology that’s not terribly efficient and is environmentally costly.
The reality though is that we still use a lot of paper, despite the near ubiquity of personal computers, smartphones, and other digital devices, despite the increasing popularity of online bill paying and other digital transactions, and despite the declining revenue of the U.S. Postal Service.
Each year the world produces around 300 million tons of paper, which requires almost 4 billion trees to be cut down, according to the Association for Information and Image Management. The organization sponsors “World Paper Free Day” every year to raise awareness about how we use paper.
Paper, even with its costs and inefficiencies, still has its lure. Some people simply like reading a paper magazine, newspaper, or book, enjoying the tactile feel of the pages, even appreciating the smell of wood pulp and ink. When it comes to reading, paper has a similar romance that vinyl has when it comes to listening.
Paper has a much longer history, though writing didn’t start with it. It’s all prologue, informing the present.
The Sumerians are most often credited with inventing writing, along with civilization, around 4000 B.C. Instead of sending texts and tweets about what they ate for lunch, the Sumerians recorded their inventories of grain and other supplies on soft clay, which they hardened by baking in the sun. The ancient Egyptians famously used papyrus, made from the spongy material inside the stems of reeds growing in shallow water, which they rolled into scrolls.