When you sign up to pay bills online, you're not only saving trees and reducing the greenhouse gas emissions due to mail transport, you're also saving money. For instance, if ... read full tip

When you sign up to pay bills online, you're not only saving trees and reducing the greenhouse gas emissions due to mail transport, you're also saving money. For instance, if you usually pay five monthly bills in the mail at the current stamp rate, paying online instead will save you $24.60 annually.

If all the U.S. households that usually pay bills through the mail paid five monthly bills online for one year, the collective savings would equal nearly $93 million. That's enough for just about everyone who lives in Los Angeles to buy this shiny new accessory: an electricity monitor whose energy usage can drastically lower one of those monthly bills you pay online.