Book recycling.

[citizenED]

Does anyone know of a place locally I can dump a box load tatty old paperbacks - they are too rough to give to a charity shop, too knackered to sell on e-bay and I want to shift them sharpish as they've been hanging around for far too long.

Then on to the rest of my life!

citizen

[Brendan]

the blue waste paper bag.

[Ant]

Aren't there some big recycling bins in the Sainsbos car park? I reckon there'd be somewhere there to dump 'em.

[mikese22]

Brendan Wrote:

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> the blue waste paper bag.

i don't think they can be recycled because of the glue in the spine

there's an organisation called www.bookcrossing.com - basically you tag your books with a unique ID then leave them somewhere like a cafe or park bench, when someone picks them up they can log on to tinternet and you can see how far round the world your book has gone!!

alternatively you could donate to an old folks home, or hospital

[Nero]

Save em up for Bonfire Night, or give them to someone who's got a real fire or burner. Nero

[TillieTrotter]

I'll take them off of you. Feel passionate about books, should never go to the graveyard!!

[citizenED]

thanks for info, peeps - Ant, I ran up to Sainsbos prior to posting and their recycling centre doesn't have a place for books - neither does the one at Belair Park. Tillie, I've got three boxes of them - but they aint novels, they're mainly textbooks and popular science/psychology stuff (so not sure how appreciated they would be in an old folks home). I agree that books shouldn't go to the graveyard. If you want a rummage (so to speak) PM me.

citizen

ps Ok so I didn't literaly run up to Sainsbos with three boxes of books - I drove.

[capt_birdseye]

Go to the dump in West Dulwich, they have a box for books.

[citizenED]

Thanks Capt - where is the West Dulwich dump?

[smith]

It's in Vale Street SE27... good luck, it's a bit convoluted, but if you head in the general direction of Croxted, Clive, Tritton, Martell Road you'll eventually find it!

[monica]

pop into Healthmatters,ed there are free bookmarks with the greenmetropolis website details,who will take your books,restore them and sell them on.They donate to the woodland trust

[Bellenden Belle]

Mmmm, don't think that's actually how greenmetropolis works actually. It's a selling site - you list your books on their site; they sell them; you get money, they get money - and 5p goes to the Woodland Trust. If going down this route, you will usually get a better price for your books on Amazon where they are more likely to sell and you can make your own charitable donation.

www.greenmetropolis.com

[mamafeelgood]

if they're text books have you thought about a university library or uni book shop? or are they all from yester year?

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Book Aid International take text books - don't know if there's a local drop off

(020 7733 3577 www.bookaid.org)

also

www.shareafrica.com

also

www.educationforall.com