Background Reading is good for people. Reading books in particular. Time and time again, research has shown that people who read books are better informed than people who do not and are consequently better able to hold their own in society. They are more aware of their surroundings and can envisage themselves more easily in other people’s place. They are more capable of reflecting on their own conduct and on that of others.
Reading books lets them acquire a wide range of skills that also make them stand out on the work floor. In fact, reading books even helps make them more healthy: firstly because people who read books are better informed about topics such as health risks and access to care, and secondly because reading books has a positive effect on the brain. Finally and not unimportantly: reading books is an exceptionally pleasant pastime that adds to individuals’ happiness and sense of well-being.
Over the years, numerous studies have been carried out into the impact of reading books from various scientific disciplines such as literature, psychology, neuropsychology and economics. Combining a large number of such studies together creates a clear overview of the effect that reading books has. The analysis of the available data keeps revealing four themes: being a good member of society and a good employee, health, and a sense of meaningfulness. For each of those themes, a picture has been obtained of why the positive effects apply not only to the individuals but to society as a whole.
1. Fitting into society
It is important for society that people behave as good citizens and shoulder their share of the burden.
People who make allowances for each other, show understanding of each other and also look round at each
other. It seems likely that reading books in general – and literature in particular – helps the development
of motivation and the skills that are required for it.The phenomenon known as ‘transport’ (the sensation of
being drawn into the story and becoming part of what is happening) plays a role in this. You are, as it
were, being carried away by the tale. Such ‘transport’ produces a variety of effects.
2. Employment skills
The competences that you need for the labour market are subject to change, as the World Economic Forum
recently reconfirmed. Digitization and related developments demand innovative, competitive and flexible
employees who are good communicators. Those are very definitely skills that you can improve by reading a
lot: the more someone reads, the more easily they understand information and are able to process it.
These new requirements are in addition to the traditional ‘hard skills’ such as professional knowledge and
competency, experience and general development, as well as the ‘soft skills’ such as critical thinking,
problem-solving abilities and communications skills.
One of the key skills that you acquire through reading books is of course the development of your language
competences. A major European study produced a picture of the influence that language skills have on the
work floor. People who are highly literate often have better-paid work than less literate individuals, they
have permanent employment contracts more often and have a higher average hourly wage than those who are less
literate.
3. Health
Reading books does not of itself improve health, but research has shown that there is in fact a strong
correlation between reading books and health. People who read are more than 25% more likely to be healthy
than non-readers, even when this is corrected for aspects such as education, income and age. This is because
the ability to read and process information helps people hold their own in society. And thereby also in the
world of health and care. This is referred to as ‘health literacy’: the skill of being able to find
information relating to health and illness, to process it, and take actions based on it
On top of that, there are numerous indications that reading books has a positive influence on health. Reading books every day as a solitary activity results in a clearly lower mortality risk. As a cognitively stimulating activity, reading books also results in a reduced risk of dementia developing. Reading books acts as a stimulus for the brain.
4. Well-being
Let us not forget the most important thing about reading: it is something that we do above all because we
enjoy it. Some people read in order to lose themselves in a captivating narrative and be drawn into another
world; others read in order to feel happier or to find solace; yet others grab a book so that they can learn
something from it. These are all reasons why picking up a book lets you add something to your life, in a
pleasant and meaningful way.
Let us not forget the most important thing about reading: it is something that we do above all because we enjoy it. Some people read in order to lose themselves in a captivating narrative and be drawn into another world; others read in order to feel happier or to find solace; yet others grab a book so that they can learn something from it. These are all reasons why picking up a book lets you add something to your life, in a pleasant and meaningful way.
The environmental effects of paper are significant, which has led to changes in industry and behaviour at both business and personal levels. With the use of modern technology such as the printing press and the highly mechanized harvesting of wood, disposable paper became a relatively cheap commodity, which led to a high level of consumption and waste. The rise in global environmental issues such as air and water pollution, climate change, overflowing landfills and clearcutting have all lead to increased government regulations. There is now a trend towards sustainability in the pulp and paper industry as it moves to reduce clear cutting, water use, greenhouse gas emissions, fossil fuel consumption and clean up its influence on local water supplies and air pollution.
Pulp and paper mills contribute to air, water and land pollution and discarded paper and paperboard make up roughly 26% of solid municipal waste in landfill sites.
Pulp and paper generates the third largest amount of industrial air, water, and land emissions in Canada and the sixth largest in the United States. In 2015, the industry released 174,000 tonnes of emissions to air, water and land (or 5.3%) out of a total of 3.3 million tonnes of emissions released by all industries in Canada. In the United States the pulp and paper industry released about 79, 000 tonnes or about 5% of all industrial pollutant releases in 2015 Of this total waste released by the pulp and paper industry in the U.S., 66% was released into the air, 10% into water and 24% onto land whereas in Canada, most of the waste (96%) was released into the air.
One of the most used component in our daily life is paper. According to a survey, on an average, a human use 27kgs of paper annually and this thesis is about impact of usage of paper on our environment. Historically pulp and paper production has ranked among the most resource-intensive and highly polluting of all manufacturing industries. Besides fibre, the primary inputs into the paper making process are water, energy and chemicals
One of the largest use of paper is in books. Most of old books are either been stored at homes and not in use. Also the recycling of these printed books have very harsh consequences specially chemical used in printing.
Muhle et al. (1991) reported that the responses to chronically inhaled copying toner, a plastic dust pigmented with carbon black, titanium dioxide and silica, were also similar qualitatively to titanium dioxide and diesel exhaust.
Carbon black, one of the components of toner, is classified as "possibly carcinogenic" (Group 2B) by the IARC As a fine powder, toner can remain suspended in the air for some period, and is considered to have health effects comparable to inert dust. It can be an irritant to people with respiratory conditions such as asthma or bronchitis. Following studies on bacteria in the 1970s that raised concerns about health effects resulting from pyrrole, a contaminant created during manufacture of the carbon black used in black toner, manufacturing processes were changed to eliminate pyrrole from the finished product.
Research by the Queensland University of Technology has indicated that some laser printers emit submicrometer particles which have been associated in other environmental studies with respiratory diseases.
A study at the University of Rostock has found that the microscopic particles in toner are carcinogenic, similar to asbestos. Several technicians who had been working with printers and copiers on a daily basis were observed for several years. They showed increased lung problems. This confirms previous research published in 2006.
Research at Harvard University has shown that, during printing, metal-oxide nanoparticles (defined as 100 nanometres and smaller, hence 0.1 micrometres and smaller) are released into the air from toner-based laser printers and multifunction devices. These machines use toner particles that are on average 20 micrometres in overall diameter, but the surfaces of the toner particles themselves carry innumerable tiny metal-oxide nanoparticles. These ultra-small metal-oxide nanoparticles are highly bioactive and could cause harm to the lungs and also elsewhere in the body, given that particles 0.1 micrometres and smaller can cross biological membranes (including lung alveoli), thereby gaining access to all organs via blood circulation. This remains an area of active research, with many knowledge gaps.
We as a company will develop an AI based web portal, book stores across India as well as mobile application. Our target customers will be students and people want to purchase preserved/restored books .
Here we will do
1.We will resource old books from first hand users as well as market then we will restore that up to the point of resale .
2.We will list those on the online market page as well as mobile application.
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