I don't like writing company names and brands on my articles. Just for the next few articles I make an exception because I have complains. Hope my solution proposals inspire someone.
Let's start with my book. My book is published on Amazon and it is printed on demand. As an author living in Turkey, I can only order author's copy of my book from Amazon.de and Amazon.com.
When I order my book from Amazon.de, the book is printed in Poland. Then it would be transported to Netherlands and from there air shipped to Turkey. It's a looong journey. I once ordered 10 copies of my book and due to long cue in the Poland printing house they printed and shipped four of my books from UK and the rest from Poland. The UK printing and distribution system was perfect. Once the books were printed in UK, the next day they were shipped by air to Turkey from UK. However, I cannot directly order my books from UK. I also tested the service in the States. It took more than a week for my books to be printed in Las Vegas. Then they were send via air to Turkey. You can see the photos of the books that I received.
All my books were send by the same cartoon envelop with no weather sealing or padding, independent of the location (Poland, UK, USA). As a result all my books experienced humidity problems and all had minor damages on them from banging each other due to lack of padding in the package.
Printing a book and transporting it to the customer has a huge carbon footprint. Using zero plastic in the packaging may look environmental friendly however it results in damaged products. In my case I returned the books back to the USA for a refund. Which increased the carbon foot print further. Using few grams of plastic could have prevented that. Just cover the books with protective film like playing cards or cigarette boxes are covered.
Environment friendly strategies should be developed from a wider perspective. Narrow minded actions harm the world more.
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