Sustainability

As a company, we are committed to reducing our use of plastics and our carbon footprint. Since 2018, our standard National Book Tokens gift cards have been printed on FSC-certified board rather than plastic, and are printed in the UK.

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

You may still find older plastic National Book Tokens gift cards in shops as we encourage bookshops to use all remaining gift cards rather than destroy them. Both board and plastic National Book Tokens gift cards can be topped-up and used rather than thrown away.

In 2022, we reduced plastic in our packaging even further by supplying gift cards to our retailers wrapped in paper bands, rather than plastic.