What Karen describes below is the same procedure that we used only with Waste Management Recycling http://www.wm.com/location/colorado/co/recycle/index.jsp. That was only last year, and in the Springs. Contact me off-list if you’d like a local contact number.

 

Have fun weeding!

Stephanie Spratt

Electronic Resources & Serials Librarian

Kraemer Family Library

University of Colorado – Colorado Springs

(719) 255-3199

 

From: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LISTSERV.NASIG.ORG] On Behalf Of Hogan, Karen
Sent: Thursday, July 9, 2015 11:00 AM
To: SERIALST@LISTSERV.NASIG.ORG
Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Recycling withdrawn bound periodicals?

 

We used Rock-Tenn (now http://www.rocktenn.com/products/recycling/). Had a few dumpsters, used student labor to haul the bound journals into the freight-train sized bins, and they were recycled.


Karen P. Hogan

Augsburg College Lindell Library

InterLibraryLoan, Course Reserves & Periodicals Coordinator

hogan@augsburg.edu

612-330-1015

 

On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 10:19 AM, Diane Westerfield <Diane.Westerfield@coloradocollege.edu> wrote:

Hi everyone,

 

My library is in the process of withdrawing a large number (5 digits) of bound periodicals and government documents. We thought we could just cut the covers off and throw them in the trash, while recycling the "meat" of the volumes as paper. Cutting off covers actually saves a little time in terms of stamping and marking.

 

However, our recycling company has come back and said they can't deal with the volumes because of the glue in the binding. We would have to chop or saw the spines off so all they have to deal with is the actual paper.

 

Anyone else run into this problem? And have a solution besides "send it all to the landfill"? I know PVA is used in commercial library binding and PVA is recyclable to plastic but perhaps it contaminates paper recycling. We don't have a guillotine in the library building, which I imagine would be the easiest way to chop off book spines.

 

Thanks,

Diane Westerfield

Colorado College

diane.westerfield@coloradocollege.edu

 

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