[greenyes] Books

[Amy Perlmutter <amyperl@no.address>]

Some recycling companies have a guillotine that takes the bindings off of
books. Check with area paper recyclers. I know at one time there was at
least one in the s.f. bay area.


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> Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 15:00:06 -0700
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> From: "Jensen, Brennen x1269" <JensenBC@no.address>
> Subject: Hardback book recycling
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> Does anyone have a source/ideas for recycling hard back books?  Obviously
> the paper can be removed from the binding and recycled, but for facilities
> that have large quantities of outdated hard back books and staffing
> challenges, binding removal is improbable.  These are facilities such as
> libraries and thrift stores receiving donated books on their last leg, so it
> is not a matter of donating them to another entity.  Are there businesses
> that will accept the whole book to be broken down and recycled?
> 
> Thanks!  Happy Earth Day!
> 
> BRENNEN JENSEN
> Recycling & Resource Recovery Assistant
> Monterey County Environmental Health
> 1270 Natividad Rd., Rm 102
> Salinas, CA 93906
> ph. (831) 796-1269
> fax (831) 755-8929
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