February 13, 2026
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Pay Online, Save Trees:

As Arbor Day quickly approaches, an easy way to save trees and reduce waste is to receive and pay e-bills online.

Paper bills:

• waste 600 million pounds of paper each

year

• kill 600,000 trees per year

• produce enough paper to fill 900,000 cubic

yards of landfill, the equivalent of 355

Olympic-sized swimming pools

Statistics courtesy CheckFree Corporation.

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