For those of us living on the digital edge, a paper-free office is a no-brainer, and being asked to print, copy, or fax a document will likely get a response of, “Suuuure chief, just let me go pop a couple Quaaludes and turn on the ol’ 8-track, and I’ll get right on that.”

Still, in the U.S. the average office worker will burn through around 10,000 pieces of 8-by-11 paper each year. So a bunch of companies that have a vested interest in getting us out of the paper habit have teamed up on a new campaign: Paperless 2013.

Paperless 2013 aims “to remove the need for paper” from all kinds of office work that would otherwise be called paperwork: billing, contracts, expense reports, collaboratively created documents and reports — you name it.

In addition to promoting its partners’ collection of paper-free work tools, the campaign will also start to introduce lifehacks and workhacks for paperless living via a monthly newsletter and a slate of social media accounts.

The campaign is being spearheaded by HelloFax, a Y Combinator company with a simple but ingenious product that lets you sign and send documents sans printer or fax machine. The startup launched its stupid-simple digital document-signing product, HelloSign, a few months ago; at that time, cofounder Joseph Walla told us that rather than being reluctant to go digital with their documents, enterprises were more than happy to jump aboard.

“If you look at a lot of corporations, there are really complex signature flows,” he said. “When we talk to corporations, they’re excited about this, and they’re willing to pay. Signatures are not a trivial technology to them, and they’re willing to invest.”

HelloFax had already partnered with Google Drive on the HelloSign launch, so teaming up with Drive again on the Paperless 2013 campaign wasn’t only a win-win for both products; it was also a no-brainer for two already linked companies.

Another Paperless partner is Fujitsu (promoting its ScanSnap scanner for the home office and small business); others include startups Xero (online accounting software), Manilla (web-based bill management), and Expensify (all-digital expense reports).

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Doctape is an online space where personal and business files can be stored and shared. The company’s founders are proponents of paper-free offices, and Doctape was born out of their desire to store personal files online safely and keep them as organized as possible.

Instead of focusing on the files themselves, like Dropbox does, Doctape emphasizes the content of the file you store. Meaning, you can view PDFs and images and play video from Doctape without downloading the file.

Doctape was built off the Node.js platform, which eBay, LinkedIn and Microsoft use. There is no software download needed; everything is stored on the cloud. Files you upload are saved to your “tape,” also known as your digital file cabinet. Doctape supports several file types, including JPEG, PNG, PDF, MP4 and Word documents. Once a file is uploaded, it can be tagged, viewed, shared and downloaded. In addition to sharing individual documents, you can share your entire tape with another person.

One of Doctape’s greatest strengths is its clean and simple interface. All of your files, tags and shared documents are easy to find and color-coded for organization. Instead of folders, Doctape relies on tagging to keep everything organized. One really cool feature is the ability to drag and drop files into Doctape from your computer. All you have to do is drag a file onto the Doctape webpage and the file will automatically be uploaded.

The company was founded in March of 2011 by three entrepreneurs based in Germany who bootstrapped to get Doctape off the ground. Doctape will emerge from private beta later this year and will be pitched at the San Francisco Node Summit at the end of January.