In the UK it is extremely difficult to recycle old books due to the glue used in the binding and millions are sent to landfill each year.
At LuNay Nook I am on a mission to save as many books as possible from a landfill fate! We will never throw a book away and all our reading stock is made up of pre-loved, second hand or unsold author books. Books which do not make the grade for a reading box are given new life in a variety of ways. This may include:
- Being reborn as literature confetti
- Having a starring role in a reading box as protective packaging/filler.
- Wrapped around our voucher wallets.
- Utilised in craft projects.
As well as trying to help the planet in using pre-loved books and trying to prevent more trees being chopped down, we feel that a pre-loved book adds to the whole reading experience...the crunch of the pages, the unknown owner who claimed and then gave away the book, the environments where the book has been pulled out of a bag and read through and perhaps a forgotten bookmark or memento in the pages of the story...it gives us the reading chills!