BookSwim.com Partners with RecycleBank
Monroe Township, NJ – RecycleBank, a rewards program that motivates households to recycle has recently struck a deal with BookSwim to give RecycleBank members a discounted subscription to rent books at BookSwim.com. BookSwim is a company that provides monthly book rental direct to members’ homes with no shipping costs and no late fees through its website. RecycleBank is a service that gives businesses and households who recycle rewards points based on the volume of trash they recycle. RecycleBank members can now receive 50 percent off any book rental plan for the first month of membership.
The Philadelphia-based RecycleBank approached BookSwim to become a partnering affiliate because of the environmental savings and efficiency of a BookSwim’s rental model.
“Renting a book instead of purchasing means that less paper is consumed,” says chief operating officer, Shamoon Siddiqui. “What happens to a book when someone is finished reading it? Typically, it sits around collecting dust, using up valuable space or is even thrown away! We can only hope it would be passed along to a friend or donated to charity, keeping that book alive.”
“With a book rental model, when you’re finished reading, return the book. Now other BookSwim members can enjoy that title. One printing of a book could typically satisfy twenty Swimmers which reduces the amount of paper being used and trees being cut down.” (This quote needs to be attributed…or maybe it doesn’t need to be a quote. It can stand alone.)
In addition to paper waste, fuel consumption is also saved through BookSwim’s delivery methods. If multiple members in the same location were to drive to a bookseller individually, needless fuel is consumed. The consolidation of the postal service stopping at more that one house to pick up and drop off BookSwim packages saves overall gas usage.
“Aside from the normal plastic/paper/aluminum recycling, we look for ways to become efficient by reusing our own materials. Scrap papers and box packaging now becomes the packing material sent to customers and older, un-rentable books get given to local libraries, says Siddiqui.”
