AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) - A new service offers to digitize your snail mail and reduce waste at the same time.

Outbox was created in Austin and has grown to 500 customers in just a year.

Co-founders Will Davis and Evan Baehr sat down for a little Q-and-A to explain the novel concept to those unfamiliar with the idea, as well as the skeptics.

Q: Basically you get people's mail, sort it out and put it online for them. Is that how it works?