Book Recycling discount

Get a 10% discount off any book sold on this website (when you spend over £20) when you send us a used cookbook.

About recycling

Books can't usually be recycled along with other paper recycling because of the glue that's used to bind them. However there are many possibilities for reusing or donating books.  Which is what we hope to do!

By sending us your old cookbooks not only will you get a 10% discount but you'll also be helping to create a greener future for us all.

Below are some interesting facts on recycling which may help you understand more about why this is so important:

  • On average every person in the UK throws away their own body weight in rubbish every seven weeks.
  • Every UK household produces over one tonne of rubbish every year.
  • Every eight months the UK produces enough waste to fill Lake Windermere.
  • Over Christmas as much as 83km² of wrapping paper will end up in UK rubbish bins, enough to cover an area larger than Guernsey.
  • Recycling two glass bottles saves enough energy to boil water for five cups of tea.
  • It is not known how long glass takes to break down, but it’s so long that glass made in the Middle East over 3000 years ago can still be found today.
  • Each tonne of recycled paper can save 17 trees, 380 gallons of oil, 3 cubic yards of landfill space, 4000 KW of energy and 7000 gallons of water.
  • Incinerating 10,000 tonnes of waste creates one job, land-filling the same amount of waste creates six jobs but recycling this much waste creates 36 jobs.
  • The energy saved by recycling one plastic bottle will power a computer for 25 minutes.
  • Once an aluminium can is recycled it can be part of new can within six weeks.
  • If all the aluminium cans sold in the UK were recycled, there would be 14 million fewer full dustbins each year.
  • Rainforests are being cut down at the rate of 100 acres per minute.
  • It takes just 25 two litre drink bottles to make one adult size fleece.
  • 70% less energy is required to recycle paper compared with making it from raw materials.

Please send your used cookbooks to:

Book Shop around the Corner

3 Valley View Road

Ossett

Wakefield

WF5 8LZ

and feel free to contact us by email if you want more information.