Happy Earth Day! How Buying Used Books Makes a Difference...
Buying secondhand books is also a more environmentally friendly way to buy. As much as we love reading, there’s no denying that the process of producing books has a massive impact on the environment, from the paper they’re printed on to the chemicals in their ink and the greenhouse gases emitted during their production and transportation around the world. When everyone is trying to do their bit to help stem the climate crisis, buying used books online is a small change that can make a huge difference.
While the production of a new book requires the destruction of precious natural resources and results in CO2 being released into the atmosphere, buying a used book skips the production process and greatly reduces its carbon footprint - after all, you only need to print a book once for it to be read and enjoyed hundreds of times. For anyone looking to live a more carbon neutral lifestyle, buying secondhand books is an easy win that will benefit the entire planet.
If books are only read once then discarded, the environmental cost is huge, not only because of the carbon footprint of its production but because it can end up in landfill. Thousands of tonnes of books are discarded in landfills every year, books that are in perfectly good condition and could easily be read and enjoyed again and again, or recycled into something new. Buying used books is a simple and effective way to reduce waste, your carbon footprint and the destruction of our natural resources.
We’re proud to do our bit to help the environment. With our range of millions of secondhand books, Awesome Books has extended the life of books that have already been produced; giving them a new home, reducing their carbon footprint, and keeping them out of landfills. To date, we have saved over 132 million books from landfills, an awesome accomplishment and one we’re committed to continuing.
Used books are the way forward when it comes to sustainable buying practices, and by purchasing from our online range of millions of secondhand books, you can help us in our mission to stop books being discarded to the detriment of our planet.
When saving you money can also save the planet, the choice is simple. Buying used books is better for the environment, helps reduce carbon emissions and prevents perfectly good books ending up in landfills, where they can take decades to break down, all the while leaching chemicals into the ground. Not only are used books the sustainable choice, they’re an investment in yourself, future generations and the only planet we have.
By buying used books online with Awesome Books, you’re making a big difference, not only to your bank balance but to communities in need and a planet in peril. You’re helping to empower the next generation, to ensure reading is a joy accessible to everyone, and to halt the destruction of our natural resources. By buying used books online with Awesome Books, you’re helping to change the world. So make the choice. Be awesome.
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