Book Recycling Comes to Shrewsbury
-- The Shrewsbury Board of Health has a new book recycling
program. Starting December 1, unwanted books (both paperback
and hardcover) will be accepted in the Senior Center
at 98 Maple Avenue Monday through Friday from 8:00 A.M.
to 4:00 P.M. On weekends and holidays from 9:00 A.M.
to 4:00 P.M. books will be accepted at Fire Headquarters,
11 Church Road.
The town will recycle books brought to these locations
by donating them to Hands Across the Water, a
charity which promotes literacy and education by collecting
books and distributing them to agencies around the world.
The charity will pay all expenses related to shipping
the books to other areas of the country and overseas.
Book donations made to a charity are tax deductible.
For years, residents have been putting their books
out with the trash for lack of a better way of handling
them. Now residents can donate their books to Hands
Across the Water and be assured that the books will
go to schools and libraries in the U.S. and other countries
and to people who need and want them.
What kinds of books are acceptable? General reading
books, both fiction and non-fiction on all topics of
interest, for all age levels, including textbooks, encyclopedia
sets, reference works and children's books. The only
exceptions are books that have only local interest such
as "Bed and Breakfasts in Worcester, MA" or
local travel guides, phonebooks, and merchandise catalogs.
These books and any books with mold or mildew on them
are not acceptable for recycling.
Remember telephone books and catalogs can be recycled
at the curb with your newspapers and junk mail. Now
that the town has a book recycling program, as well
as a paper recycling program, there should be no books
in the trash and the town will save money on disposal.
Book Recycling helps people in need, promotes literacy
in this country and others and it is convenient. The
Health Department asks you to please participate in
Book Recycling and ask your friends and neighbors to
do the same.
Visit the Hands Across the Water website at
www.surplusbooksforcharity.org. |
