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If you’re like me, you have a dozen or so bills you have to pay each and every month. But have you ever wondered how much paper and energy is wasted printing and mailing those bills?
When I first heard this number I was shocked. Over 63 Billion bills were mailed out in 2008 in the United States alone. Each one of these was printed, folded, stuffed into an envelope, delivered to the post office, then delivered to your home and ultimately, thrown in the garbage. Think of all the wasted electricity, gas and natural resources used just to send you your bill.
Well if you haven’t already been using it, I want to welcome you to the world of e-billing. E-bills work the same as regular bills except instead of getting them in the mail, you conveniently get them delivered to your computer as an email. Now I know some of you are already doing this, so to you I say congratulations. To everyone else, it’s simple to switch and here’s how.
1. Make a list of all the bills that you pay monthly. A simple way to do this is to collect your bills for a few months and mark down the ones you still receive by mail.
2. Next call each company that is sending you bills and ask them if they offer electronic billing. If they don’t, encourage them to start doing so. Not only will they help save the environment, they’ll be saving money too. While you’re on the phone with them, ask them what information you’ll need to make the payment electronically through your bank.
3. Lastly, contact you bank and ask them to setup your bill payment in your bank account so you won’t have to re-enter the information each and every month.
And that’s it. And once you’re setup, you’ll just have to check your email for bills and pay them online. Not only are you saving the environment, but your also saving time by not having to travel to the bank to pay your bills.
And that’s it. And once you’re setup, you’ll just have to check your email for bills and pay them online. Not only are you saving the environment, but your also saving time by not having to travel to the bank to pay your bills.
Now a lot of people ask me if this is safe. I was a little worried when I first got started too, but rest assured many banks offer great protection in the event something was to go wrong. I personally think it’s a lot safer. We’ve all heard stories of identity theft. These criminals actually go through people’s garbage to find bills to steal your personal information. By using eBills, you won’t have to worry about this anymore. Try switching to online billing and let me know what you think in the blog section.
sources http://www.power4home.com
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