Going paperless means shifting all the work from papers to digital platforms.

"Going paperless means exchanging and archiving information digitally rather than through letters and pages held in hand. For example, there are a number of stores — the Apple Store is one — who will email your receipt instead of printing it out and handing it to you."

Source: bask.com

Our environment continues to be greatly suffered as a result of our actions. Our use of paper is for most part a habit than a necessity. To meet the demand of our overwhelming usage of paper, trees are cut which has drastic impacts on the environment.

According to an estimate, over 4 billion trees are cut every year to serve global paper needs. Deforestation on this big a scale is disastrous in every sense. It lessens natural CO2 absorbers and O2 producers. The production of a single sheet of A4 paper takes 10 liters of water, as well as emits greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

This is just one aspect; the damage extends beyond this. It also results in the loss of animal and plant species due to their loss of habitat.

Sources: ribble-pack.co.uk, theworldcounts.com, community.aiim.org

According to an estimate, over 4 billion trees are cut every year to serve our paper needs.  By going paperless, we can save those 4 billion trees which ultimately will absorb a staggering 84 billion kilograms of CO2 per year.

10 liters of water is used for producing one sheet of A4 paper. The global paper and cardboard production is estimated at 400 million metric tons per year, just imagine how much water can be saved, as well as the greenhouse gases the process emits.

Not only that, there will be no loss of animal and plant species as their habitat will not be lost.  

Sources: ribble-pack.co.uk, statista.com

1. Lesser deforestation.
2. Lesser CO2 and other greenhouse gases emission.
3. Lesser water wastage.
4. More oxygen.
5. Saves the effort of dealing with and maintaining large piles of paper.
6. Allows smoother flow of information.
7. Saves loads of money used in manufacturing, printing, physical storage, distribution etc. 

These are just some of the many benefits of going paperless.