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he Life Journey of an Average Receipt

Paper Receipts

Paper receipts cost 150,000 trees and just might give you a toxic load

A 50cm-long paper receipt for a power tool prompted Paul Weingarth to found digital receipts company Slyp in 2016. Now, he’s got the University of Technology, Sydney to produce a lifecycle analysis of the true cost of the 10.6 billion receipts handed to Australians each year. Key Takeaways Paul Weingarth was a self-described “payments nerd” […]

  • By Mark Whittaker
  • Forbes Staff
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