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Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
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Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 15 10:29 pm Post subject: Books...
What do you do with a box of books that are too tatty to go to the charity shop? I'm thinking "bin", but I think I may get lynched for thinking that...

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
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Location: Devon

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 15 10:32 pm Post subject:
Recycling.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46188
Location: yes

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 15 10:36 pm Post subject:
fuel cheap paper has little content except wood fibres ,if it is glossy there is a bit of clay (but less than oilshale) books burn well allegedly there are 3/4 of a million tons of unwanted books (mostly mills n boon remainders )in the foundations of the birmingham northern relief rd (ms toll) . a combo of scam and green activism can be an investment for the future

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15425
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 15 10:39 pm Post subject:

Jamanda wrote:

Recycling.

I did mean the recycling bin.

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 15051
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 15 10:42 pm Post subject:
Well, if you can build houses out of straw...

sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 42219
Location: North Devon

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 15 10:53 pm Post subject:

wellington womble wrote:

Well, if you can build houses out of straw...

Then you can build a castle out of books...

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15425
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 15 10:59 pm Post subject:

wellington womble wrote:

Well, if you can build houses out of straw...

I'd want to use quality books for construction.

Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 31902
Location: York

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 15 11:09 pm Post subject:

Hairyloon wrote:

wellington womble wrote:

Well, if you can build houses out of straw...

I'd want to use quality books for construction.

Use these for bedding, then.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46188
Location: yes

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 15 11:30 pm Post subject:
at about £40 a tonne they are a decent fuel with the proper hearth

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Location: yes

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 15 11:35 pm Post subject:
they can be more expensive but that is the buyer price to work with

Falstaff

Joined: 27 May 2009
Posts: 1014

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 15 11:47 pm Post subject: Re: Books...

Hairyloon wrote:

What do you do with a box of books that are too tatty to go to the charity shop?
I'm thinking "bin", but I think I may get lynched for thinking that...

Are they such rubbish titles that nobody will pay you anything to read them ?

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15425
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 15 11:48 pm Post subject:

dpack wrote:

at about £40 a tonne...

Where from?

Andrea

Joined: 02 May 2005
Posts: 2260
Location: Portugal

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 15 12:29 pm Post subject:
I use old books to line the animals sheds. As many are the kids' old school books I like to think that I'm providing my animals with a decent education.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46188
Location: yes

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 15 3:44 pm Post subject:
with jackets ,boards,photo pages etc they count as mixed paper and jan's wholesale bought prices were £35 to 50 pmt at the mill gate graded as good condition (ie all the pages) they are about £1200 to1800 for a 20ft shipping container load which is a little bit more but still cheaper per calorie than most fuels

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