Recycling Tip of the Week: Recycle Your Books--Do NOT Place Books into Paper Recycling

Books, both soft and hardcover--in any condition--can be brought to the Village's Recycling Center (110 Secor Road, open Monday-Saturday, 8am-3pm) and placed in the Book Recycling Bin for recycling.

Books, whether soft or hardcover, should never be placed in paper recycling--books cannot be recycled with regular paper recycling because of the glue on the spines. The Village has partnered with a private company which donates, sells or recycles the books that are collected. Specialized machines are used to slice off the spines and take off the hard covers, allowing the paper to be recycled. Book recycling saves trees and resources that would be needed to produce new pulp, diverts waste from landfills, and provides an environmentally friendly way to handle unwanted books by either passing them on to readers for a second life or by transforming them into new paper products.