According to the iScanner app, over 60% of Americans try to
reduce their daily use of paper.
MIAMI, April 16,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- For Earth Day 2024, iScanner,
the award-winning app for scanning and managing documents, surveyed
American users. The results showed Americans' attitudes toward the
problem of overusing paper and common practices of paper usage.
Respondents rated paper overuse as a less important
environmental issue than others mentioned. Only 31% answered that
this ecological problem is fairly or highly important. Americans
pay more attention to problems with water pollution (42%) and air
pollution (40%).
At the same time, the majority of respondents (60%) try to
minimize paper in everyday life. According to research, the most
common and effective methods they employ include scanning and
sharing documents electronically, printing on both sides of paper,
and utilizing electronic tools for note-taking.
Respondents noticed that the easiest areas to reduce paper are
filling out forms and applications, and editing and signing
contracts, invoices, and other business documents. Meanwhile, the
hardest area to switch from paper usage is packaging (including
avoiding the use of paper cups).
These studies formed the basis for the development of the new
iScanner feature. From April 2024,
users will be able to earn eco-badges and see how many trees they
were able to save by sharing documents electronically instead of
printing them.
"This initiative aims to establish a deeper emotional connection
between daily paper decisions and their impact on nature," says
Matt Svetlak, Product Director of
iScanner. "We are paying attention to the problem of paper overuse
and trying our best to teach people to eliminate their printing
habits and to spread the word about the benefits of a paperless
workflow. Sustainability is one of iScanner's core values."
iScanner is a popular AI-powered scanning and document
management app with over 100 million downloads and available on
iOS, Android, and the Web. The app allows users to convert scans
into different formats, edit, sign, and turn any image into
editable and searchable documents. Moreover, iScanner offers
innovative AI-based features such as erasing fingers from scans,
deblurring, polishing documents, and AI chat for PDF summaries,
searches, and more.
The iScanner app was developed by BP Mobile (AIBY Group).
The full results of the survey are available on the website
iscanner.com.
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