The environmental impact of a book’s life cycle includes raw material use, energy consumption, waste generation, and emissions from production and transportation. Packaging and transport further contribute to pollution, with significant air emissions like sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, VOCs, and greenhouse gases

Our solution and commitment

Our specialist team can locate many genres of books, some out of print, some first editions using our network built over many years of  book specialists worldwide

"Our unwavering dedication to recycling is an investment in a valuable resource."

We carefully sort through every book by hand to ensure they find the best home.

Some books are sold to support our activities.

Others are donated to local charities to help them raise funds for their important work.

We also donate books to schools to promote a love of reading and to prisons to support education and provide access to a diverse library.

Additionally, books are sent abroad to places where new books are too expensive.

Some well-loved books are recycled into new items.

If you have a large donation of 500 or more books, please contact Just Books and Collectibles at 01665830744 or info@alnmouthjustbooksandcollectibles.co.uk to arrange drop-off or collection.

If you are looking for a particular book that is special to you why not mail us with your requirements, and let's see if we can help?

Just Books and Collectibles was founded in 2013 to offer a service for reusing and recycling books for universities, libraries, and other organizations with surplus books. We sell surplus books online to give them a new lease of life, making them accessible to businesses, educational establishments, students, graduates, and the public at reduced prices.

Why use us?

We provide a UK-wide collection through our approved partners service to make it easy to remove your surplus books, and we guarantee that none of the books we collect will ever go to landfill.

Having worked with universities, libraries and other organization's for many years, we understand the difficulties faced when withdrawing stock. Our service allows you to remove books in an environmentally friendly way by reusing or responsibly recycling them.

 

How does our service work?

Our service is simple and easy to use. We collect all the books that you have withdrawn, at your convenience. No sorting or categorizing is required, and labels do not need to be removed. We even provide you with standardized empty boxes, delivered flat packed to your door, and, where possible, accommodate picking up full boxes from multiple campuses instead of one central location.

Simply put your books in boxes, arrange a collection (or schedule a regular one for ease), and our team will do all the rest.

We provide a flexible service, from a few boxes of books to a van load.

When the books arrive back at our warehouse facility, we categorize them and resell them through online marketplaces. If they aren’t saleable, we either donate them to charity or arrange for them to be recycled responsibly.

We pride ourselves on delivering a personalized service with a dedicated full-time Collections and Logistics Team, so please get in touch!

We can collect

• TEXTBOOKS & UNIVERSITY BOOKS
• ART & PHOTOGRAPHY
• BUSINESS & FINANCE
• HISTORY
• RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY
• SPORTS & HOBBIES
• SCIENCE & NATURE
• SOCIETY, POLITICS & PHILOSOPHY
• + MANY MORE

We do not collect

• MASS-MARKET FICTION
• BADLY DAMAGED BOOKS
• BOOK CLUB EDITIONS
• DICTIONARIES & ENCYCLOPEDIAS
• MULTIPLE COPIES OF ONE BOOK

Please note: The acceptance of any books is at our sole discretion. For more details about the books, we accept and don't accept please refer to our criteria