Despite such initiatives, some daily aspects of life are still to be replaced by employing IT that has been around for years. Even some technologically savvy are guilty of this. Instead of downloading software for immediate use, you wait for a quotation from at least 3 companies, and then wait again for the software to arrive, in a box containing mostly air. To purchase government subsidised computers, teachers have to fill up several forms on paper. Cluster schools allow bulk purchasing of stationery so schools can cut down expenses.
Merchants already generate their own receipts at the till.
Some even make a note if you pay by cash or card. They should be linked to credit card machines so that transaction numbers can also be recorded on these receipts, which could double up for the customers' reference. As a result more ventilators have to be installed, requiring more electricity, and the burning of more fossil fuels. We cut down trees, deprive animals of habitats, increase global warming, increase the danger of landslides and avalanches, and basically we do little to help ourselves. Recycling is good, but the energy required to run those recycling machines may have just a negative an effect as cutting down trees.