A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, the Chinese philosopher Lao-Tzu said.
Germanna Community College employees can take a small, simple, painless step toward protecting the environment by switching from paper paychecks to Payline, the Commonwealth of Virgnia's direct deposit system at https://secure.doa.virginia.gov/payline/
According to the PayItGreen Alliance, if just one in five American households were to switch to direct deposit and direct payment and receive their statements and bills electronically, we would collectively:
•Save 150,939,615 pounds of paper
• Save 1,811,275 trees
• Avoid creating enough wastewater to fill 2,180 Olympic-size swimming pools
• Avoid using 102,945,600 gallons of gasoline to mail bills, statements and payments
• Avoid producing 3,920,802,916 pounds of greenhouse gas emissions, the equivalent of:
° Planting 45.6 million tree seedlings and allowing them to grow for 10 years
° Preserving 12,405 acres of forestland
1 comment:
What a great idea- I hope every employee supports this shift to electronic records. We need to save money and the environment anyway we can.
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