READ, RECYCLE AND RE-USE!! Global warming is a serious challenge that we face today. Do you know that buying used books can reduce global warming and help you lessen your impact on the environment? We annually consume more than 2 billion books, 350 million magazines and 25 billion newspapers. Approximately 10 million tons of paper were used last year to produce them. That’s the equivalent of nearly 200 million trees! Together, books and newspaper emits the equivalent of nearly 34.5 million tons (or 6.3 million cars’ worth) of carbon dioxide every year. The paper industry is the largest consumer of forests in many countries. In southern US, it is currently logging an estimated 5 million acres of forests each year. Trees are essential to life on earth, providing oxygen, cleaning the air, sorting carbon, regulating rainfall, preventing erosion and flooding, and providing habitat to creatures. Acres lost to deforestation are rarely re-planted as they were before, and in most of the cases, they are converted to non-forest uses. Reusing old books is very important for saving trees and conserving our environment. Madbooks is a small step in this direction. Together, we can create a huge impact with this small initiative. Green BOOKS appeals to all of you to urge your friends and colleagues to reuse old books and help save the environment! source- google
Posted on: Thu, 08 Aug 2013 21:01:58 +0000
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