The budget tip of the week explains the value of having organization with store purchase receipts.  What is the importance of understanding a retailer's return policy in order to get full credit, a store credit or if you may be outside of the return window where no money is received. Knowing this information can be beneficial to the budget.  You can help the environment by using less paper. One way is to take pictures or use apps such as Genius Scan which has security and storage features. They also give a portion of revenues to help the environment.  Grizzly Labs - Genius Scan  https://thegrizzlylabs.com/