| As defined in wikipedia, webform "allows a user to | | | | trees can be saved by switching from paper forms |
| enter data that is, typically, sent to a server for | | | | to web forms isn't an issue. No one can deny that |
| processing and to mimic the usage of paper forms." | | | | the environmental impact of corporations and |
| By it's very definition a web form can help to | | | | government switching from printed forms to online |
| improve the environment. | | | | web forms would be significant. |
| How much paper can be made from a tree? Or, how | | | | Therefore, all corporations and government should be |
| many trees are required to make a certain amount | | | | encouraged to use web forms wherever possible |
| of paper? It's very difficult to answer these | | | | instead of paper forms. Imagine the savings that |
| questions directly and the best that can be obtained | | | | would result if every year hundreds of millions of |
| are ballpark estimates. In the 1970s a report by the | | | | government forms were converted to web forms. |
| Conservatree estimated that a ton of newsprint | | | | The environmental impact would be astronomic. |
| paper saves 17 trees. This is a rough estimate. News | | | | If all corporations joined the drive to move to a |
| paper isn't made of the same tree materials that | | | | "paperless" society and stored all their information in |
| office paper is made of. | | | | electronic format as well as keeping all records in |
| It's difficult to make exact calculations on converting | | | | electronic format then hundreds of millions more |
| trees to paper as paper is made from a mix of trees. | | | | sheets of paper would be conserved each year. |
| Some are hardwood, others are softwood. Some are | | | | Wherever possible corporations should issue each |
| young trees while others are old growth. Some are | | | | other web invoice forms instead of paper forms. All |
| wide trees while others are skinny trees. Some paper | | | | accounting records should be stored in electronic |
| is made from sawdust. | | | | format. Services such as can help save the |
| Whether or not we can calculate exactly how many | | | | environment if used by government and businesses. |