Even CVS, known for its epic long receipts that are taller than a small child, offers digital receipts. Here's what to weigh before chucking paper.

On March 23, 2023, the outlet stated 80% of receipt paper contained “toxic chemicals.” While this may seem like a high figure, in 2017, it was even higher at 93%.

Paper receipts are also a drain on the environment. Every year, 10 million trees are used to make receipt paper, using 21 billion gallons of water.

Some states are looking to ban the use of bisphenols in receipt paper, like Connecticut did back in 2011. Washington state’s ban is set to go into effect in 2025.

The use of paper receipts consumes more than 3 million trees, 9 billion gallons of water and generates more than 4 billion pounds of carbon dioxide and 302 million pounds of solid waste during ...

You probably handle receipts every day. Most of them probably end up in the trash can, but the chemicals found in their paper could stay with you longer.

There’s also the issue of paper: Ting cites a Green America report that found that we use up to 10 million trees and 21 billion gallons of water to produce receipts.

It’s not just for the environment, but for your health, too. Paper receipts from major retailers in the United States are coated with a toxic chemical called bisphenol S (BPS).

After signing the receipt for the merchant, Strauss, 67, asked if his copy was in the bag. “She said they don’t give out paper receipts anymore,” he recalled.

Long paper receipts, such as those at CVS stores, are here to stay (for now) after California lawmakers rejected a bill to ban them unless a consumer specifically asked for one.

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Digital receipts can be a game changer similar to chip cards, which also were met with slow adoption. But there was an incentive to shift financial responsibility to the merchant which ultimately ...