Books

Yes books can be reused and recycled.

REUSE
If you have books you no longer need then please consider reusing them.

• You can donate them to a charity shop.
• You can sell them at a car boot sale or use a number of online platforms including Music Magpie and Ziffit and other online platforms. 
• You can also give them away for free through Freegle.

If you would like to acquire books please consider ways of reducing your demand for brand-new books. If you can,

• Borrow books from the library, family, friends or colleagues.
• Try AbeBooks
• Try Music Magpie and Ziffit

RECYCLED
Where?

• Hove Household Waste & Recycling site, Old Shoreham Road.

DID YOU KNOW?

• The average family in the UK throws away 6 trees worth of paper every year.
• Each ton of paper recycled saves 17 trees, 7,000 gallons of water, 380 gallons of oil and 4,000 kilowatts of energy which is enough to power a house for a year.
• It takes 70% less energy to recycle paper than it does to make it from raw materials. Recycling paper creates 73% less air pollution than making new paper from raw materials.