Set sprinklers to water the lawn or garden only - not the street or sidewalk.
Use the microwave to cook small meals. (It uses less power than an oven.)
Purchase "Green Power" for your home's electricity. (Contact your power supplier to see where and if it is available.)
Scrape, rather than rinse, dishes before loading into the dishwasher; wash only full loads.
Cut back on air conditioning and heating use if you can.
Turn off appliances and lights when you leave the room.
Half Price Books opened its very first store in a converted laundromat on Lovers Lane just west of Inwood. Now, more than 35 years later, the company has grown to 100 stores in 15 states. Helping the environment by preserving and recycling resources is part of our daily business. At Half Price Books we feel that everyone can help preserve the environment. Trees recycle water, oxygen and carbon dioxide. This helps to reduce soil erosion, air pollution and flooding. Recycling paper also helps the environment by saving energy and water, as less energy and water is used by reprocessing already processed paper, rather than virgin pulp.
Half Price Books does its part each day to help reduce the demand for pulpwood. And consequently, this reduces the number of natural ecologically-complex forests being destroyed, as well as reduces the amount of energy and water consumed to produce paper (between 28-70%). In addition, by striving to reuse, recycle and resell resources, Half Price Books helps keep books out of landfills. And our stores actively participate in Earth Day each spring. HPB co-founder Ken Gjemre was quoted saying, "Books should fill our lives, not our land."
Things we believe no one should waste: paper, knowledge, trees, words, time, and money. Half Price Books is the book recycler. We buy books you've already enjoyed. So if you have more books than shelves, bring yours to us today. We pay the most for recent best sellers and collectibles. But we're also interested in your children's books, mysteries, music, movies and games. We donate all our overstock inventory to nonprofit agencies around the world.
So let's work together and help save our Mother Earth. When you visit Half Price Books, you'll save trees, books, and of course, money. We are committed to the community and preserving our environment. Every day is earth day at Half Price Books. We operate each day based on the convictions of our founders to waste not and read a lot.
Each one of us has an individual and collective responsibility to protect the environment - for our families, for our fellow human beings and for future generations. That responsibility must be seen in our actions, our commitments and our associations. We understand that the environmental responsibility begins with each individual and is a continual journey without end. We encourage our employees and our customers to make a similar personal commitment through behavior, education and awareness, and their actions. Let's all strive to b(eco)me® greener.
Learn more about Half Price Books and find a location near you at halfpricebooks.com.
