Upbooking: giving schoolbooks a second life

When a schoolyear ends, many schoolbooks are no longer used. They are often left untouched to gather dust at home or even thrown away. Such actions have significant environmental consequences!

To further encourage secondary school students to give school books they no longer use a second life and reduce their environmental impact, the Ministry of Education, Children and Youth is launching the third edition of the ‘Upbooking’ campaign.

The Upbooking initiative encourages students to recycle their old textbooks by giving them to other students who will use them for the next school year, helping to reduce the large amounts of paper, plastic and ink used in the production of textbooks.

The platform www.upbooking.lu allows students to create an account, manage their listings, or find the textbook they need in just a few clicks.

Since the introduction of free schoolbooks in secondary education in 2018/2019, the Ministry of National Education, Children and Youth has been offering a voucher worth 50% of the new value of the schoolbooks in question to students who take them back from a former student.

For more information, visit www.upbooking.lu and www.mybooks.lu. 

Press release by the Ministry of Education, Children and Youth