{"id":182,"date":"2021-10-12T12:56:47","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T12:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainability.me.holycross.edu\/?p=182"},"modified":"2021-10-12T12:56:47","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T12:56:47","slug":"new-collection-bin-for-all-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/sustainability\/2021\/10\/12\/new-collection-bin-for-all-books\/","title":{"rendered":"New Collection Bin for All Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2021\/09\/Book-Recycling-1-1024x908.jpg\" alt=\"book collection bin in front of brick wall\" width=\"525\" height=\"466\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-183\" \/><br \/>\nThe Holy Cross community can now donate and recycle books to <a href=\"https:\/\/baystatebookcompany.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Bay State Book Company<\/a> via an on-campus collection bin behind Alumni Hall.<\/p>\n<p>What do your old books support? The Bay State Book Company aims to &#8220;keep as many books out of landfills as possible.&#8221; They donate books to local schools, community centers, and soldiers. For any remaining books, the organization recycles them responsibly.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nwf.org\/~\/media\/PDFs\/Eco-schools\/McGraw%20Hill\/12-4-12%20A%20Research%20Study%20on%20Textbook%20Recycling.ashx\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">study by the National Wildlife Federation<\/a> (NWF) discovered that the United States sends over 640,000 tons of books to landfills every year. By having this collection bin on campus, the Holy Cross community can give their books a new life and redistribute resources instead of creating more trash.<\/p>\n<p>Participation is easy. Simply bring your books to the designated bin 24\/7.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Books Accepted:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Paperpacks<\/li>\n<li>Hardcovers<\/li>\n<li>Textbooks<\/li>\n<li>Books in Poor Condition\/Unreadable<\/li>\n<li>Encyclopedias<\/li>\n<li>Mass-Market Paperback<\/li>\n<li>Books with Library Binding or Spiral Binding<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Holy Cross community can now donate and recycle books to The Bay State Book Company via an on-campus collection bin behind Alumni Hall. What do your old books support? The Bay State Book Company aims to &#8220;keep as many books out of landfills as possible.&#8221; They donate books to local schools, community centers, and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/sustainability\/2021\/10\/12\/new-collection-bin-for-all-books\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;New Collection Bin for All Books&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":525,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[5,9,14,17],"class_list":["post-182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sustainability","tag-campus-engagement","tag-employees","tag-public-engagement","tag-students"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/525"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}