Saw that my receipt from Whole Foods was shorter than usual. Then I turned it over to see that about half of the items were printed on the backside of the receipt. Here's a pic:
Printing on both sides reduced the amount of paper used by about 50%. Taking this Green thinking a step further, Mark Graban from the Lean Blog asks, "Why don't they give you the option of saying 'no receipt please'?"
I've always asked the same question myself at gas stations when the computer at the pump doesn't give the me option of declining a receipt. This is wasteful, for obvious reasons, but it's also annoying because I have to wait around in 32 degree weather for the stupid receipt to print.
