Keeping Books In Hearts And Homes, And Out Of Landfills
Keeping Books In Hearts And Homes, And Out Of Landfills
Do you know how many books are thrown away each and every year? The answer: Millions. Scratch that - hundreds of millions. As of 2017, the number was around 320 million in fact. And over the past two decades, annual paper usage has soared by a staggering 126%.
From fiction books to textbooks and everything in-between, there are more words lost to landfills than consumed by the hungry minds of today's youth. Not to mention what will happen to that paper should we choose to throw the book away.
But - what can we do? Kids grow up faster than we can track, and in turn, they quickly outgrow the books we buy for them. But the book your five-year-old no longer reads could be perfect for a three-year-old out there!
And so, we're going where no children's book company has gone before, by bringing used books back into circulation and creating a world-saving chain reaction for the very first time.