Decades after computers were supposed to end paper-based business, we’re still at it, using documents to send and receive information and act as proxies in business processes. It’s hard to say if paper consumption slowed thanks to digitization, because good historical use statistics are hard to find. However, it doesn’t really matter, because business is drowning in paper — and, more importantly, the expenses associated with it. U.S. offices use 12.1 trillion sheets of paper per year, according to The World Counts.
