Bottom Line: All of our daily receipts should get properly recycled with the convenient means to do so.
With all the bigger pieces of paper that we conscientiously throw into recycling bins, we may feel that the tiny receipts that we get from shopping are no big
deal.
After all, aren’t they just strips of paper, albeit sometimes long ones that can go for several feet?
Actually, 220 thousand tons of receipt paper are used in the United States alone each year, which equates to approximately 4 million trees. So it would seem to make some sense to try to combat the common practice of casually disposing of receipts, which are also commonly stained with BPA and other ink chemicals.
Take Action:- Stores can easily cut their expenses by forgoing receipt rolls and offering an optional electronic record of transaction. A small discount could be effective in encouraging this behavior.
- Offer a recycling bin next to each cashier with a cash-refund service similar to bottles and cans for a certain amount of receipt.
 Contributed by: Ruoke Yang, Stanford CWP Program
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