Reuse - Books!
It's summer and many of us are looking for some great summer reads! New books can be expensive and use precious natural resources. This is a great opportunity to use one of the Green R's (for more info see post) - Reuse - when you want your next books. A book that has already been read is just as useful as a new one!
If we look at the Green R's, we may believe we should Reduce our books before considering Reuse, but books provide education and entertainment, both important to society, and the idea of Reducing the amount of books we read should be passed by.
Our reused book options range from free to inexpensive. Let's break down some options by price.
Free
- Borrow from family, friends, coworkers and/or neighbors. We should be responsible and always return the items we borrow once we are done with them! Also be willing to loan out books you have already.
- Borrow from your local library. Jefferson County Public Library
- Request books as gifts
Reduced Price (up to 90% less than cover price!)
- Thrift stores
- Garage sales
- Used book stores
- Online used book sites
- Library book sales. Friends of Jefferson County Public Library's holds book sales at the twice a year (in June and October) at the Jeffco County Fairgrounds. There are 100,000+ books at these events and the proceeds go to a charitable cause. For more information see their website. The next book sale is this weekend May 30 - June 1, 2014.
Consider donating and sharing the books once they have been read to keep the cycle going!
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