4 Tips On How To Be a Zero Waste Book Lover

Every book lover often known as a bibliophile tries to be as loving towards every book as they can. However, to be a book lover also means reading books that are made of paper, something that might be a little heavy on the guilt of cutting trees. But Bookends is here to end your worries and tell you how being a book lover can be a zero-waste project and how you can walk in the footsteps of sustainability.

Being a sustainability advocate and a book lover all at once doesn’t mean resisting the desire to pick one up again! Let’s have a look at some ways you can be a zero-waste book lover:

Best Ways That You Can Be a Zero Waste Book Lover:

#1 - Back to the (BORROWING) Basics:

Remember how we wanted to read every book at once in school? And we’d make sure whoever buys the book we have been eyeing for a long time lends it to us when they are done reading it. Well, public libraries are the hub of letting us borrow every and any book we want to read! When you borrow from a library not only do you take a positive step towards sustainability but also help bring the long lost library culture back to life.

All you have to do is search around for the public libraries in your city and get to borrowing and reading again.

Also Read: What Makes a Used Book Special?

#2 - One Man’s Book is Another Man’s Treasure:

Pre-loved books are the new cool! Reading a pre-loved book is like sharing a storyline of memories with the person who has read it before. Bookends is a platform that allows you to cherish pre-loved books and widen your collection of pre-existing books.

#3 - Swap-It:

Besides borrowing and purchasing you can just swap a book in exchange for a book. Swapping your personal collections while getting an insight into other people’s book collections can help you expand your knowledge of books and genres as well. 

There are several book swapping clubs online that can even give you intel on where book swapping clubs are located in your city. Often book swapping takes place over social events organized by book swapping clubs making it a fun experience for everyone.

Also Read: 5 Reasons Why It Is Better To Buy Used Books

#4 - Digitize a Little:

Even though the charm of a book can never be replaced by a phone or laptop it is sometimes advisable to go digital with reading a book or two in order to save costs of buying the same one in hardcopy. But it does come with its costs. According to one life-cycle analysis of printed books versus e-readers, the energy, water, and raw materials needed to make a single e-reader is equal to that of 40-to-50 books. In terms of the effect on the climate, the emissions created by a single e-reader are equal to roughly 100 books.

Bookends is an online marketplace for buying and selling used books and pre-loved books with shipping all over the UAE. Discover our wide variety of second-hand books at the most affordable prices. Make the right choice by being a book lover in the most sustainable and eco-friendly manner!