paper Lignin is the organic material that gives old book pages their yellowish tone. In the book and paper industry, purified white paper isn’t always used — cheaper paper with more lignin means it naturally yellows over time.

Which is kind of cool, actually! :D

But it makes me wonder: what’s the real cost of recycling old books? The best option would be to find creative ways to reuse them. Yet from my second-hand store experience in Sweden, I’d say the reality is that most end up getting recycled in bulk.

So wouldn’t it be fun to have a DIY “old book paper painting kit” to teach people about upcycling?

• I need to list brands doing that
• I need to do math of recycling, upcyling and packaging carbon footprint.
  • carbon footprint of glued them together!
• We need to have a fairly good price to sell them. And find a environmentalist charity to share some income
• I need to find a printing service which can print any kind of colorful image to sticked together papers
• Can we print any art on them? Probably no! We should have DIY kit instead.

Examples

https://www.instructables.com/How-to-make-upcycled-art-with-old-books/ https://tr.pinterest.com/pin/546765210994358239/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-N0pCORh4Y