Software Advice is hosting a poll to end paper receipts. Remarkably, 9,600,000 trees are cut down each year just to produce paper receipts. To top that, the amount of CO2 emitted by producing one ton of receipt paper - just one - is equivalent to the amount of exhaust a car emits while driving for an entire year.

Paper receipts are a remnant of the past. With today's electronic alternatives, there is no reason why consumers or retailers need paper receipts. Electronic versions are not only legal and valid, but much more efficient. So what's keeping retailers and consumers from adopting electronic receipts?

The main problem is inertia. There are millions of consumers and retailers, and getting everyone to change their ways isn’t easy. We need strong incentives to move to electronic receipts, primarily monetary. To see a list of potential motivators and take the poll, head to: Please Kill the Paper Receipt

The idea of getting rid of receipts is an interesting one, especially because they are so prevalent in our everyday live. However, in this era of modern technology, the question begs to ask whether or not we really need the paper trail at all?

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