Invoices are traditionally pieces of paper that arrive in the mail and cause grief for those who have to pay up. A company called OB10 wants to fix the first part of that process by replacing paper with electronic ones and zeroes, which it says is better for the environment. The paying up part will continue unchanged, however.
OB10 is a global B2B e-invoicing network and, therefore, has a vested interest in trumpeting the migration away from paper invoicing. However, the company makes the point that its system saved the equivalent of 900 trees in 2006 as e-invoices replace not only paper invoices but also the envelopes required to mail them to customers. With the OB10 system, suppliers submit invoices to the network electronically and it then delivers the bad news to the buyer company.
OB10 calculated its clients saved 7.5 million sheets of paper, or about 900 trees, in 2006. Savings also include 106 barrels of oil, 217,300 kilowatts of electricity, 170 cubic yards of landfill space and 3,128 pounds of air pollutants, all involved in making, transporting, and discarding paper.
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