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The Consortium quality tree-free excercise books at 38p
Published: 17 September, 2009
The Consortium, has taken one of the UK's most used paper items - the school exercise book - and indentified a sustainable tree-free alternative made entirely of sugar cane waste. For every kilo of traditional paper produced, 98 kilos of other resources is needed, let alone the 786 million trees needed to keep the world in paper for a year, or the forest ecosystems that are destroyed. Melanie Teal, Chief Executive of The Consortium says: "Sugarcane re-grows from the roots, so the plant lasts for many cycles. It's a really sustainable solution". The BE Books are priced from 38p each, costing the same as The Consortium's conventional paper books. "It costs no more to buy this exceptional standard, eco-friendly product," says Melanie Teal. "The Consortium is first to source this product and with sustainability becoming increasingly important in the classroom, we think that once schools have tried these exercise books, there will be no going back." www.theconsortium.co.uk/Be-Books
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