Hi Barb,
Last summer, we used First Capital Fibers in York County, PA. They recycled 22.2 tons of Jstor material for us. The only thing to really keep in mind is that we had to do all of the work - we removed the items from our shelves and we put the discarded material into the dumpsters (First Capital coordinated the dumpsters for us).
717-812-9601
I worked with Bert Plaza (VP of Sales and Marketing). He drove out to our Library to make sure that the material was good for the recycling business (he didn't spend much time, since he saw that the material was good). As they grind everything down, he was mostly concerned that we weren't going to be getting rid of 3-ring binders and other metal things that might damage their equipment.
Once everything was agreed to, we got ready on our end. We were able to call them with just a few day's notice, which was nice.
They dropped off the dumpster first thing in the morning, and when we were done for the day, I called them and they picked it up (they didn't want the dumpster to sit overnight, as people would start dumping regular trash).
They charged $150 per dumpster, and paid approximately $50 per ton. We had 3 dumpsters total (22.2 tons), so we ended up making about $660.
It is a lot of work... we were lucky in that we had a place to put the withdrawn materials in our Main Library (our Science Library has limited space, and everything was moved 1 week before, and the bound material lined hallways near where the dumpster would be placed). I coordinated everything (from changing our holdings. OCLC records, Catalog; to supervising the removal from the shelves to storage; to working with Capital Fibers; to supervising 6 student workers on "dumpster" days).
Oh, and we are doing another dumpster (or 2) this summer. :-)
--Ken
On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 11:10 AM, Barbara Weir
<bweir1@swarthmore.edu> wrote:
We're looking for a recycling company that can dispose of our unwanted, bound JSTOR print volumes. Does anyone have suggestions for companies in the Philadelphia area (or even farther away) which might be able to do the job? We prefer not to just throw these in the dumpster, but haven't had much luck so far finding a company to take these away.
Thanks for any ideas you have.
Barb Weir
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Barbara Weir
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Digital Initiatives
McCabe Library
Swarthmore College
500 College Ave.
Swarthmore, PA 19081
610-328-8443
610-328-7329 (Fax)
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Ken Siegert
Acquisitions Assistant
Electronic Resources & Periodicals / U.S. Documents
Shadek-Fackenthal Library
Franklin & Marshall College
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Lancaster, PA 17604-3003
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