Green Options » used textbooks http://greenoptions.com/tag/used-textbooks Posts tagged 'used textbooks' Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:59:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en New Green Campaign in Turkish Schools Will Save 1.27 Million Trees a Year! http://ecoworldly.com/2008/07/08/new-green-campaign-in-turkish-schools-will-save-127-million-trees-a-year/ http://ecoworldly.com/2008/07/08/new-green-campaign-in-turkish-schools-will-save-127-million-trees-a-year/#comments Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:59:50 +0000 Raz Godelnik http://ecoworldly.com/2008/07/08/new-green-campaign-in-turkish-schools-will-save-127-million-trees-a-year/

Green news from Turkey. The Turkish newspaper Today’s Zaman reported on a new new book exchange campaign launched by the Ministry of Education that will be aimed at “saving millions of trees, protecting the environment and contributing to the country’s economy.”

Every year 155 million books are distributed by the Ministry to students in Turkey. Most of these books, according to the article, are thrown into the trash at the end of the year. The cost of these books to the Turkish public is more than USD 800 million annually.

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