STAR Magazine November 2018 | Page 26

TECHNOLOGY GOING PAPERLESS by Beth Smiddy Associate Consultant, Practice Management Technology Training Securities America 800-747-6111, ext. 5302 [email protected] Benefits Your Practice, Your Clients and the Environment We’re buried under a growing mountain of paper. The Clear Air Council and Environmental Protection Agency estimate 27 percent of all waste in the U.S. is paper, and Americans use four million tons of copy paper alone each year. This continuous stream of paper reduces the number of trees, pushes landfills to capacity, clutters homes and workplaces and can make it seem impossible to organize and locate documents. 25 The STAR | NOVEMBER 2018