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Why don't you do the responsible thing and go paperless? 
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If you don't receive a statement, this may be: no purchases or statement is lost. As programmer, I prefer to receive zero statement.
In practice, I get such information by email.
P.S. And of course, I think twice before printing such mail. Though, as programmer, I don't understand, how my "thinking twice" helps to Amazon rainforest.
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theoldfool wrote: I have to dispose of the paper statement containing my account number
Do you have a shredder?
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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I do. Therefore, I shred. And shred. And shred. Happily. 
>64
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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I also have a an ink roller stamp that I can use on address labels on cardboard that I put in the recycle bin.
The roller imprints a pattern over the address making it very difficult to read the text.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Enough is enough.
Thank you all for these wonderful, advices. As I stated in the constraints of the problem, estatements are not an option. I assume that you are not married or are married (or otherwise coexisting) to a geek type person who is in favor of e thingies. After spending over 60 years with herself, I have learned to just click on "yes dear".
Emailing the $0.00 statement would save paper but would still require a form of shredding on my part.
I had no idea you were all so willing to help with what I thought was a tongue in cheek post.
Happy estuff to all. 
>64
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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I am there with you. I don't even think about arguing anymore. Even if I win the argument, she just changes the subject.
My reply is "whatever you want!"
"She do run,run, she do run" - some obscure 50's girl group.
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I think you've hit on an important constraint that is almost never considered by the companies that offer estatements. Namely, why allow only one email address to receive the statement? If the companies that want me to convert to estatements would let me specify more than one email address to send the statement to, I would gladly use the option. As is, with just one email address, I will have to keep receiving the paper bill. Yes, I've been in paper mills, but I'm not concious stricken about using paper.
Note to application architects, developers etc.: always allow for more than one email address for this type of application (billing, statements, etc.).
Also, big pet peeve: let me specify a PO Box on address line 2. If you really need my physical address, I'll put it on address line 1. My local Post Office does not, for some reason, deliver to my physical address, so I get my mail at the Post Office (in fact, I use a gasoline powered car to go there). Not being able to plainly specify my PO Box on address line 2 leads to all sorts of artifice to trick the application into specifying something the Post Office will recognize as my PO Box number.
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Paper mills don't smell nearly as bad as they used to! Mechanical digesters and all that. The de-inking process for recycled paper is another matter. Of course, no one reads newspapers anymore, so that problem is going away.
Stick an empty Amazon box on your head and inhale deeply. That's about what a paper mill smells like now.
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Could not require a solution at all. It could be regulatory that the document has to be sent.
Regards,
Thomas Stockwell
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You are getting mail with no charges because the process was automated years ago using the most simple solution. So, by now, nobody at the credit company is thinking about it. If you complain to them about it, it may get solved, but then probably just for you and they will think you are the problem at that point... since... it costs them money to process complaints for things and if it's an issue that doesn't concern them they get irrationally angry.
Besides, coming up with secure means of destroying paper can be fun. One way I can recommend in cities because it drives the homeless gold diggers crazy is you shred them with any old paper shredder. Then when it's time to empty the container you put your hands down the middle, separate into left and right then take out the right side and dispose of it. Then mix the remaining shredded paper and leave it in there until the thing is full again and repeat the process. This means that reconstructing your document will overwhelm most crooks patience. <insert evil="" laughter="">
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If you're bored and want to watch artificial idiocy at work this video is for you:
http://tom7.org/lowercase/
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
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Deep and insightful! 
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Not clicking it. Could you provide a synopsis?
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blah, blah, blah.
You are welcome.
>64
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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Thanks, that quick summary really helped me understand!
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You can google the URL and find the youtube link. If you you dont click that either, it is 25 minutes about upper/lower-case-fonts + AI . Appears somewhat interesting, and a bit long.
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
modified 5-Jul-21 4:00am.
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Thank you, thank you, thank you. This is my favorite place on the internet. As I understand it you started this website. All of these guys are terrific. What a great community to ba a part of. 
The good guys gotta stick together. - Me.
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What you have not run across those of us that are trolls, sarcastic bastards or just plain rude yet? Oh wait CM seems to have weeded most of them out and muzzled the rest of us so yeah it is a pleasant place to hang out.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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Ignoring trolls is a skill.
>64
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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Trolling ignorers is a lot more difficult!
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Is that like trolling fish???
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No he has not. The OP needs to understand to wear his armor in the lounge. God knows I've learned. Even so, most of the "vitrole" is actually hilarious wit. Many of you are legendary.
Dear OP - yeah good group of poeple here, smart people. They will challenge you.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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>64
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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Epic is giving "The spectrum retreat" for free until next monday.
Looks like an interesting puzzle / thinking game.
One of the reviews:
Quote: Sure, it's no Portal, but I'm happy that I played it, despite the flaws.
The criticisms in the negative reviews are valid:
* the walking pace is slow
* there are some tedious repetitive elements
* the story is a bit formulaic
* the core puzzle mechanic starts to feel a bit monotonous
* some of the more interesting exploration puzzles are annoyingly spoon-fed to you
* there are some frustrating "soft locks" that force you to restart a puzzle
Some guys say it is between 6 and 10 hours to get through.
I am not sure I would buy it, but being free...
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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