Reducing waste?

[BeeAmaker]

In our attempt to reduce waste my wife selected "e-mail my receipt" during check out at our locale K-mart store.
The register then proceeded to print off 3 coupons along with a 4th piece of paper stating that we selected "e-mail my receipt" and that this piece of paper is not a valid receipt. I asked what the point is selecting "e-mail my receipt" if I am going to get all this paper anyways? The reply was so obvious and really put everything into perspective. "Well now you don't have a receipt to throw away". How could I have over looked that?

[ZionPhil]

WOW! This needs to be on Reddit

[jimustanguitar]

If you ask for an e-receipt at Home Depot, it still prints one. They treat the email as a backup second copy. They're just wasting electrons.



The local gas station doesn't have a no receipt option when you pay at the pump. 

[BeeAmaker]

I have an idea on how to eliminate paper waste like this but have no idea on how to go about getting it implemented. Paper receipts are harder to hack too I guess.

[jimustanguitar]

I'm about ready to do this with ComCast ads. Either that or save up a paper box of them and go dump them on the floor of one of their offices.

I saw a good prank where a guy taped the postage paid envelope from a credit card offer to a box with a brick in it, and it worked