[SLI-public] Plastic Free Question

[Jennifer Russell]

Wow! Thank you, Jill! That's great.

On Fri, Apr 29, 2022 at 9:11 AM Jill Davis via SLI-Public <
sli-public at lists.suffolknet.org> wrote:

> Hi all
> I can speak to that.  We tried not putting covers on books with not the
> greatest results.  We found the Colibri System that uses ECO friendly
> covers (made with sugar cane I think).  You have to invest in the
> equipment, but it has been well worth it for us.  We use the leftover craps
> in some of our craft projects.
>
> https://www.colibriusa.com/
>
> Be sure to tell them you heard about it from Hendrick Hudson Free Library.
> Email or call if you have more questions,
>
>
> Jill
>
> On Fri, Apr 29, 2022 at 8:49 AM sliadmin--- via SLI-Public <
> sli-public at lists.suffolknet.org> wrote:
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>> Good morning, SLCP Members.
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>> I was asked about eliminating plastic covers from circulating books at a
>> public library. Could anyone share their experience deciding to stop using
>> plastic covers? Did you incur more damage to books? Reinforce corners? Did
>> you remove plastic covers from children’s books also?
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>> Annemarie Gordon
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>> Sustainability Coordinator
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>> Suffolk Cooperative Library System
>> <https://portal.suffolklibrarysystem.org/>
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>> sliadmin at suffolknet.org
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>> 631-286-1600 x1355
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