Go Green …Save the environment….spot new trends..Part 2

I am not sure how large corporations contributing to “Go Green” movement. I know almost all credit cards and other utilities companies in the US offer electronic statements and billing, but they still use papers in many other areas. Few months back, I had an issue with one of my credit cards companies and in order for them to investigate the matter; they faxed me about 18 pages of paper work to read and then sign. I really thought they could have done a better job communicating via e-mail and phone, 18 pages of paper seemed a lot to me, most of it were instructions.

I am not sure which company or country is number one on the “Go Green” list, but I know there are lots of efforts been taking be American companies to be reduce waste.

Currently I am in India, and as I go around I see so much use of papers everywhere. At one hotel where I was staying, I asked the manager who was busy filling guests information in a very large record keeping book while his assistance was entering the same information in a computerized database, “why do you have to keep some much paper work?” and he said so we can keep a permanent record. I told myself “that why we have electronic databases and database backups.”

The manager in the above example may need to be told that keeping his records in an electronic only format not only a safer and more secure method of securing his data, but it will save him space and money.
In these two articles on “ Go green”, I was trying to talk about very simple steps that anyone can take to help in reducing waste, I didn’t want to get into complex environmental issues related to the climate change etc. Just simple tips that the average person can use.