Sustainability

Since 2018, we've reduced our carbon footprint and use of plastics by switching to FSC-certified paper board for all the National Book Tokens you see in shops, as well as Bookily – so every gift card is a little kinder to the planet.

FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certification allows you to identify, purchase and use paper products produced from well-managed forests.

Our gift cards are also printed in the UK, supporting local business and reducing the environmental impact of transportation. You may still find older plastic gift cards in shops because we encourage retailers to use up their existing stock rather than destroy it. Both our paper board and plastic gift cards can be topped up and reused again and again – helping to cut down on single-use waste.

In 2022, we reduced our use of plastics even further by supplying gift cards to our retailers wrapped in paper bands, rather than plastic, and making our display units out of wood (we think they look pretty great, too!).