WE RECYCLE:

• All books, hard back or paper back.

WHERE TO RECYCLE:

• Stack small quantities of unwanted books next to any corridor recycling containers for pick up.
• If you have a large number of books you would like recycled, please submit a request for service to the Physical Plant.
• The Omicron Delta Kappa honor society as a service project collects books for the Books for Africa Foundation at the end of each semester. A collection table for the books is left in the lower atrium of Murray-Herrick near the bookstore during the book buy back periods. Books may also be left anytime of the year at the Recycling Center on the loading dock of the Physical Plant.

FACTS ABOUT BOOKS: 

• Books are a very recyclable commodity. Buying used course books reduces paper consumption and reduces the strain on tight student budgets. Used course books may be sold and purchased from the UST Bookstore (962-6850)
• Public libraries are outstanding examples of community recycling. One book can be read by hundreds if not thousands of people. The use of library books reduces the consumption of our environmental resources. Check out the nearby Saint Paul Public Libraries the next time you are looking for a good read!
• St. Paul has a wealth of book stores who buy and sell used books. Some stores in the UST vicinity worth investigating for your reading needs or for the cash value of unwanted books include:
  Midway Book Store 1579 University Ave.
  Half Price Books 2041 Ford Parkway
  Cheapo Books 80 Snelling Ave. N.
• Books for Africa, the designated charity for UST textbooks, gives our donated books to schools and libraries in 18 African countries including Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Eritrea, Ethiopia, the Gambia, Nigeria, Liberia, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Namibia, Zambia, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Malawi, and South Africa. It is estimated that 25 Africans will read each book sent.

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